a lord of Trade; on Feb. 9, 1780, made lord lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire; and in Oct. following appointed viceroy of Ireland. On this occasion he was accompanied by his friend Mr. Eden, who, in the capacity of secretary, managed the interests of England in the Irish Parliament, at this peculiarly arduous and critical period. His administration was accompanied with many circumstances calculated to conciliate popular favour and improve the condition of an unhappy people. A national bank was established, and many excellent plans formed and bills passed for increasing the trade of Ireland. About the end of March 1782, an entire change of administration taking place, Ireland fell to the share of the duke of Portland, a nobleman at that moment one of the most popular men in the kingdom. This event occurred when lord Carlisle was negotiating the repeal of so much of the statute of George 1st as affected the legislative independence of Ireland, and was accompanied with some circumstances that rendered his recall particularly disagreeable. The Irish Parliament, however, on the 15th of April, passed a vote of thanks to him "for the wisdom and prudence of his adininistration, and for his uniform and unremitted attention to promote the welfare of this kingdom." Upon the demise of lord Rockingham, ford Carlisle received the honourable appointment of steward of the household;

and he soon after obtained the more dignified one of lord Privy Seal. In 1789, during the disputes relative to the Regency bill, in consequence of the severe illness of his late majesty, lord Carlisle took an active part against the restrictions imposed on the heir-apparent, and when it came before the House of Peers, Dec. 23, 1789, his lordship, in a brief but elegant speech, asserted the claims of the prince of Wales, In 1793 he was honoured with the order of the Garter. In 1794 he published a "Letter to lord Fitz

william, in reply to his Lordship's two Letters," and in 1798 a spirited tract entitled "Unite or Fall," for general distribution. At a very early period he cultivated a taste for poetry. Many of his compositions may be found in "The Foundling Hospital for Wit;" and, "The Asylum," both published by Mr. Almon. Four poems written by his Lordship were published in 1773 in a 4to volume; the first of these was an ode on the death of Gray; the second and third, verses destined for the monument of a favourite spaniel; and the fourth, a translation from Dante. The Ode appears to have been written in 1771, when the noble author had scarcely attained his twenty-third year, and contains a recapitulation of all the works of that rapture-breathing bard. The translation from Dante contains the story of count Ugolino. In 1783 appeared "The Father's Revenge, a Tragedy, and other Poems," 8vo; and a new edition, 4to, 1800. This tragedy is founded on an incident so interwoven with our passions, and followed by a punishment so disproportionate to the offence, that human nature shudders at the catastrophe. The scenery, consisting of palaces, gothic chapels, &c. with a view of mount Vesuvius in the back ground is grand, suitable to the occasion, and calculated to inspire awe; while the dramatic characters are formed to keep up the interest and prepare the mind for some important event. Some of his lordship's friends applied to Mrs. Chapone to prevail on Dr. Johnson to read and give his opinion of this tragedy, which he did in a letter to that lady, dated Nov. 28, 1783; printed in Boswell's Life, vol. II. p. 470. A limited impression of the 4to edition of this tragedy, decorated with engravings from the pencil of Westall, was circulated by the noble author among his friends. In 1800 appeared his tragedy of "The Step-mother;" in five acts. The plot of this is less involved than that of the former;

but the catastrophe is equally shocking. In the one we behold a parent presenting the heart newly torn from the bosom of her lover to the agonized sight of a distracted daughter. In the other, we find a father and son, instigated by a cruel and revengeful woman, inflicting mutual death. In 1801 appeared a splendid edition, from the press of Bulmer, of the "Tragedies and Poems of Frederick earl of Carlisle, K.G." In 1804 he addressed some lines to the archbishop of York, on inclosing the tomb of archbishop Grey with a beautiful gothic railing of cast iron. In 1806 he published Verses on the death of lord Nelson; and in 1808 "Thoughts on the present condition of the Stage, and the construction of a new theatre," anonymous. His lordship also wrote some lines advising lady Holland not to accept of the snuff-box left her by Napoleon. In the "Hours of Idleness," published by lord Byron in 1808, his noble relative's works are said "to have long received the meed of public applause; to which, by their intrinsic worth, they were entitled." This forms a striking contrast to lord Byron's subsequent asperity. On his coming of age, lord Byron, I wishing to take his seat in the House of Lords, wrote to lord Carlisle to introduce him. At that moment Byron was engaged in writing his satire "The English Bards," &c. and he introduced these lines into his manuscript:

"On one alone Apollo deigns to smile,

And crowns a new Roscommon in Carlisle."

Lord Carlisle, however, declining to introduce his relation into parliament, Byron substituted the following heartless sarcasm on his relation's age:

"No more will cheer with renovating smile
The paralytic puling of Carlisle."

the dean and chapter of York, for the embellishment of their Minster, a beautiful window of painted glass, purchased during the troubles in France, from the church of St. Nicholas at Rouen. In 1811 his lordship presented to York Minster another beautiful window of stained glass in a pure gothic style. His lordship's Museum at Castle Howard abounded with antiques of all kinds, while the gallery, 160 feet long, contained a noble collection of pictures, medals, and spars, collected at a great expense. On the 12th of March 1770, his lordship married Margaret Caroline, daughter of Granville Leveson Gower, first marquis of Stafford. She died Jan. 25, 1824. By her he had issue George, present earl; and nine other children, six daughters and three

sons.

5. At Stamford-hill, aged 85, Mr. Wm. Sanford.

At Chelsea, aged 84, Frederick Matthew, esq..

At Blandford Forum, aged 27, of pulmonary consumption, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Mason Chamberlin.

6. At Norwood, aged 61, Sarah, the wife of Thos. Scott, esq. banker, of the firm of Esdaile and Co. Lombard-street.

At Ditchingham lodge, in his 82nd year, col. James Capper, formerly of the East India Company's service, and comptroller-general of the army and fortification accounts on the coast of Coromandel. He was the author of " Observations on the passage to India through Egypt and across the great Desert," 4to, 1784; "Observations on the Winds and Monsoons," 8vo, 1801; " Observations on the Cultivation of Waste Lands, addressed to the Gentlemen and Farmers of Glamorgan

says:

"So dull in youth, so drivelling in his age,
His scenes alone might damn our sinking stage:
But managers for once cried, hold, enough!
Nor drugg'd their audience with the tragic stuff."
In 1804 his lordship presented to

and Miscellaneous Tracts applicable to Navigation, Gardening, and Farming," 8vo, 1809.

Stackpoole, esq. of Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

7. At his seat, Weston, county of Stafford, in his 64th year, after a painful and lingering illness of nearly two years, the right hon. Orlando Bridgeman, earl of Brad ford, viscount Newport, county of Salop, baron Bradford of Bradford, county of Salop, and a baronet. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Henry first lord Bradford, by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Simpson, esq.: he was born March 19, 1762, and was educated at Cambridge. On the 29th of May 1788, he married Lucy Elizabeth Byng, daughter of George fourth viscount Torrington, by whom he had issue viscount Newport, who succeeds to the titles, three other sons and two daughters.

8. At Sotterley hall, Suffolk, in his 80th year, Miles Barne, esq. He was born in Grosvenor-square, May 22, 1746, O. S. the only son of the late Miles Barne, esq. by his first wife Elizabeth, sole daughter and heiress of Nathaniel Elwick, esq. of May-place, in the parish of Crayford, Kent, and some time governor of Madras in the East Indies. He served the office of high sheriff for the county of Suffolk in 1790, and in the following year was returned to parliament for the family borough of Dunwich, for which he continued to sit till the general election in 1796, when his second brother, Snowden Barne, esq. was chosen in his room. From that time he resided almost constantly at Sotterley, in retirement, seeing very few persons excepthis near connexions andrelations. Though penurious in some points with regard to his own comforts, he was very liberal with regard to those of others, of which numberless and irrefragable proofs might be advanced. Having died a bachelor, he is succeeded in his paternal estates, which are situated in Suffolk, and in the City of London, by his next brother of the half-blood, Barne Barne, esq. late commissioner of the Tax office; and he has devised those which be

inherited from his mother, to his youngest brother, the rev. Thomas Barne, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, and late rector of Sotterley. 9. At Aldeburgh, in her 76th year, the wife of John Tempest, esq. and only surviving sister of Henry the late duke of Buccleugh and Queensbury, and grandchild of the great duke of Argyle.

12. At Chelsea, at the house of her father-in-law, the rev. Thomas Clare, Mary Palmer Bishop, of Walton Oaks, Surrey, daughter of the late rev. Samuel Bishop, formerly head-master of MerchantTaylors' school.

At Richmond, aged 35, Mrs. Wellesley Pole Long Wellesley. On the 19th the remains of this amiable, unfortunate lady were removed from Richmond, on their way to Draycot, in Wiltshire, the seat of lady Tilney, there to be deposited in the family vault. His grace the duke of Wellington was to join the mournful procession on Thursday at Chippenham, within five miles of Draycot.

Aged 65, sir Thomas Stepney, eighth baronet, of Prendergast, county of Pembroke, and groom of the bedchamber to his royal highness the duke of York. He was the younger of the two sons of sir Thomas, the sixth baronet, by Eleanor, only daughter and heiress of Thomas Lloyd, esq. He inherited the title in October 1811,on the death of his elder brother sir John (who was M. P. for Monmouth, and for many years envoy and minister plenipotentiary at the courts of Berlin and Dresden, and who died at Vienna); and married at Edinburgh, June 8, 1813, Mrs. Russell Manners. They had no issue; and the title is extinct. Sir John, the third baronet, having married Justina, daughter and heiress of sir Anthony Vandyke, the deceased sir Thomas was fifth in descent from that justly-celebrated painter.

13. At Brompton, aged 83, Mary, widow of Wilshire Emmett, of Wharton-place, Kent, esq. She was

On

22. În Devonshire-street, Queensquare, Henry Edward Church, esq. upwards of 43 years deputy secretary of bankrupts to the lord chancellor.

23. Four months after her arrival from India, Sophia, wife of the rev. J. Bailey, late of Dewsbury, and eldest daughter of the rev. J. Paring, of the same place.

24. At Trinity-college, Cambridge, the rev. Peter Paul Dobree, fellow of that college, and professor of the Greek language in that University. He was born in Guernsey in 1782, and was sent at an early age to Reading-school, under the care and direction of Dr. Valpy, who sent him to Trinity college, Cambridge. There are fellowships in Oxford for natives of Guernsey and Jersey; but Mr. Dobree had property which disqualified him for them. At Cambridge he distinguished himself by a depth and accuracy of classical learning, which raised him to the highest eminence. He was intimately acquainted with Porson, who set the highest value on his talents; and at the death of that great man he was considered as his natural successor. But he was at that time out of the kingdom, and the diffidence of his disposition would not permit him to become an active competitor for any honour. On the promotion of the late professor to the deanery of Peterborough, he was unanimously elected to the professorship. He was preparing public lectures on the Greek language, in which the rich stores of his learning and genius would have been imparted to the students of the University, had his health been preserved. He has sufficiently established his character by his notes to Porson's Aristophanica, published at the expense of Trinity college in 1820. At the request of the same liberal society, he edited and cor

tius. He was the author of several valuable articles in the Classical Journal. He had likewise collected materials for a new edition of De

mosthenes.

25. At Turnham-green, aged 76, Mrs. Elizabeth Hector, of Gowerstreet, Bedford-square, widow.

Aged 81, Thomas Wallis, esq. of Long-acre, and Camden-street, Camden-town.

27. In Kensington-square, aged 74, major John Samuel Torriano.

28. At Clapham-common, aged 36, Harriet, wife of Joseph P. Toulmin, of Lombard-street, banker.

Diana, the wife of Dr. P. M. Latham, of Lower Grosvenor-street, and youngest daughter of the hon. major general Chetwynd Stapylton.

Mrs. Catherine Sibley, of Bernard-street, widow of the late George Sibley, esq.

-Mary, wife of Benjamin Baily, esq. of Dalby-terrace, aged 37.

Suddenly, at his house in Shadwick-place, Edinburgh, in his 85th year, John Francis Erskine, earl of Marr. He was the eldest son of sir James Erskine, who died Feb. 27, 1785 (second son of James Erskine, of the Grange), by Frances only daughter of John, eleventh earl of Marr, who died June 20, 1776; was born in 1741. By act of parliament, which received the royal assent June 17, 1824, he was restored to the ancient and illustrious peerage of his ancestors. On the 17th of March 1770, he married Frances, only daughter of Charles Floyd, esq. governor of Madras, and by her, who died Dec. 20, 1798, had issue John Thomas, who succeeds to the title; and seven other children, four of whom are daughters.

At Brighton, Lady Mary Macdonald Constable, widow of the late sir Thomas Hugh Constable, bart. of Tixal, county of Stafford, of Burton Constable and Wycliffe, Yorkshire. She was the second daughter of John Chichester of Arlington, county of Devon, esq. by his second wife, Mary Macdonald,