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the bed-chamber to the princesses afterwards duke of Argyll. She' was married 1747, but bad no issue. She was interred in the family vault in the cathedral at Chichester.

and no verness of the royal nursery,
Carlton-house.
She was the el-
dest daughter of the late Mr. Gra-
ham, formerly a member of the
council in Bengal, and mece to the
late lord Newhaven; and married
at Gatton park, July 17, 1780,
Sir Henry Dashwood, by whom she
had several children, of whom the
eldest was
appointed a page at
court.

10. Juliana Maria, dowager queen of Denmark.

14. In a very advanced age, sir John Hopkins, kit. alderman of the ward of Castle-Baynard. Hav. ing formerly been in the common council, he was the father of the corporation. He was elected alderman in 1782; sheriff in 1781; lord mayor in 1792.

20. At Edinburgh, John, 5th lord Ballenden, herable úsher of the court of Exchequer in Scotland. He was presumptive heir to the dukedom of Roxburgh, and the extensive possessions belonging to his grace the present duke, who has no issue. Lord Ballenden married a mulatto woman, Mrs. Sarah Cuming, from Montego-bay, Jamaica; but by her, who died about a twelvemonth ago, had no children.

31. Archibald earl of Egling

toun.

Nov. 7. At Goodwood, Sussex, Mary, duchess of Richmond; a woman whom neither titles could dazzle nor pains depress; who bore her honours so modestly upon her, that, while her dignity enforced respect, her gentleness inspired love. She was only daughter of Charles Bruce, Sd earl of Aylesbury, by his wife Caroline, daughter of gen. John Campbell,

16. At Castle ditch, cò. Hereford, at the seat of his brother, lord Sommers, Thomas Sommers Cocks, esq. of D wning-street. He was 9th son of John Cocks, esq. of Castle ditch, born 1737, partner with his brother James' in a capital banking house at Charingcross, with Biddulph and Co. and married, 1768, Anne, daughter of Alexander Thistlethwayte, esq. of Suthwich, Hants, by whom he had issue.

19. Mr. North, lady of the bishop of Winchester.

The most noble Thos. Thynne, marquis of Bath, knight of the garter, groom of the stole to his majesty. He was born Sept. 24, 1734, and married in 1759, to the lady Elizabeth Cavendish Bentinck, sister to the duke of Portland..

21. Sir William Dick, bart.
Sir Edmund Head, bart.

Dec. 12. After a tedious indis.

position, heightened by severe domestic afflictions, which terminated in the dropsy in the chest, the right rev. Dr. William Buller, lord bishop of Exeter. Besides the gallant col Buller, who was slain on the continent, he lost two sons by consumption. He was of Oriel college, Oxford, where he proceeded A. M. 1759; thence removed to Christ-church, where he took the degrees of B. and D. D. 1781; was appointed dean of Exeter ; and,on the promotion of Dr. Horne, dean of Canterbury, in which be was installed June 22, 1790. On the death of Dr. John Ross, 1793,

he was advanced to the bishoprick Berks, Michael Anthony, of of Exeter, and was consecrated Shippon. Dec. 2, that year. His remains were privately interred on the 17th in Exeter cathedral.

17. In Weymouth street, Portland-place, William Pickett, esq. formerly partner with Mr. Theed, afterwards with Mr. Rundell, silversmith, on Ludgate hill, which business he carried on alone in Bond-street. He was elected al derman of Cornhill ward in May, 1783; and filled the office of sheriff in 1784, and lord-mayor in 1789.

At Dublin, aged 60, the right hon. baron Trimelstown. His lordship was second baron of the kingdom of Ireland. He was, we believe, the 14th who held that title in lineal descent from Robert Barnewall, created baron Trimelstown, 1461, by Edward IV. for his good and faithful services in Ireland; and whose grandson John was chaucellor of Ireland in 1534. Mr. Archdall's peerage, published 1789, does not mention the late lord, ending with his predecessor Thomas, 13th lord, who enrolled himself in the Irish volunteer army on the alarm of invasion 1779 and 1780, A younger branch of the Barnewall family had the title of viscount Kingsland, 1646.

Sir Rob. Hesketh Juxon, bart. of Rufford hall, Lancashire.

Bedfordshire, George Brooks, of Fiitwick.

Bucks, Thomas Hibbert, of Chalfont house.

Cumberland, James Graham, of Barrock lodge, esq.

Cheshire, the hon. Booth Grey, of Wincham.

Cambridge and Huntingdon, J. Gardener, of Chatteris.

Cornwall, John Enys, of Enys, esq.

Devonshire, sir Bourchier Wray, of Tawstock, bart.

Dorsetshire, Thomas Bowyer Bowyer, of Iwern minster, esq. Derbyshire, sir Robert Wilmot, of Osmaston, bart.

Essex, Jackson Barwis, of Marshalls.

Gloucestershire, Samuel Peach Peach, of Upper Torkington. Hertfordshire, John Sowerby, of Lilley.

Herefordshire, Abraham Whitaker, of Liston.

Kent, John Mumford, of Sutton at Hone.

Leicestershire, James Richards, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Lincolnshire, William Earl Welby, of Denton.

Monmouthshire, Henry Barnes, of Monmouth.

Northumberland, Adam Mansfield Lawson Decardonnell, of

28. Prince Lewis, second son of Chirton. the king of Prussia.

31. At his apartments in Newgate, the right hon. lord William Murray, 2d brother of his grace the duke of Athol.

SHERIFFS appointed for the Year 1796

Northamptonshire, Allen Ed. ward Young the younger, of Orlingbury.

Norfolk, Thomas Brown Evans, of Kirby Bedon.

Nottinghamshire, J. Wright, of Nottingham.

Oxfordshire, William Lowndes Stone, of Brightwell.

Rutlandshire,

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APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE,

From the London Gazette.

Letter from Major General Whyte to Sir R. Abercromby.

IN

SIR, Demerary. N obedience to your excellency's commands, I left Barbadoes on the 15th instant, with a detach ment of the artillery, and part of the 39th, 93d, and 99th regiments, amounting to 1200 men, escorted by the Malabar, Undaunted, la Picque, and Babet frigates, with the Granada transport, and five schooners and sloops, and on the 21st made the land, when the Scipio joined the fleet. That evening, when the tide made, the Babet and la Picque frigates, with the Granada transport, passed the bar, with the schooners and boats of the fleet, and came to anchor, within random shot of the fort, at the entrance of the river; and having, during the night, prepared every thing for attack, at day-light appeared in force, when I sent a flag of truce by lieutenant-colonel Hislop of the 39th regiment, summoning the governor to surrender the colony and its dependencies to his Britannic majesty's forces, agreeable to the terms which I have the honour to inclese, and which the governor and council accepted. The unanimity with which the service was carried on between the

fleet and army was pleasing to all concerned, and Mr. Higgins acquitted himself with much proprie ty and utility. Captain Parr, who commanded the fleet, has assisted and supplied us from the fleet liberally; and I have the satisfaction to inform your excellency, that from every information I have received, and from above seventy ships being actually loaded with the produce of the country, now in the river, (most of which will be sent to England) and from every account of the fertility of the soil, it is a most important acquisition to Great Britain.

The colony of Bernice, adjoining to this, being a separate government, I shall direct my attention to it without delay: and I shall leave lieutenant-colonel Hislop in the command here, agreeable to your excellency's directions.

The Thetis, a Dutch frigate of 24 guns, and a cutter of 12 guns, are added to the fleet; and captain Parr has given directions for destroying or bringing down the river a French brig privateer of force,

I have the bonour to be, &c. (Signed) JOHN WHYTE, maj. gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K. B.

&c. &c. &c.

By major general John Whyte,

commander of his Britannic majesty's land forces, &c. &c. &c.

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and captain Thomas Parr, commander of his Britannic majesty's ships, &c. &c. &c.

These are requiring you, the governor and council, military and naval forces, of the colony of Demerary and its dependencies, to surrender the said colony to his Britannic majesty's forces under our command, and to place the said colony under his majesty's protection, and quietly and peaceably to submit to his majesty's govern

ment.

In which case the inhabitants shall enjoy full security to their persons, and the free exercise of their religion, with the full and immediate enjoyment of all private property, whether on shore or afloat (excepting such as may appear to belong to the subjects of the French republic) according to their ancient laws and usages, or such other as may be determined upon previous to the colony's being placed under his majesty's government, upon the

most liberal and beneficial terms.

That in the event of the colony's remaining under the British government at the conclusion of a general peace, it shall enjoy such commer. cial rights and privileges as are enjoyed by the British colonics in the West Indies. With regard to the military and naval forces, that the oficers and men of the land forces shall, if agreeable to themselves, be received into the British pay, with leave, at the restoration of the Stadtholder, to return into bis service. Each non-commissioned officer and soldier shall receive, upon taking the oath of allegiance to his Britannic majesty to serve him faithfully during the war, where it may be thought proper to employ

him, the sum of one hundred guilders.

The officers to receive, under the same conditions, the allowance of two hundred days bat, baggage, and forage money, as paid to the British officers,

The officers and men of the marine forces cannot be taken into the British service until his majesty's pleasure shall be known, but shall receive pay according to their rank, and every indulgence that can be allowed.

That the governor and all civil officers, after having taken the oaths of allegiance to his majesty, which will be administered by major-general Whyte, are (if they chuse) to remain in their respective situations, (excepting those who have shewn a decided partiality to the French interest) the governor only resigning the military command. Should such liberal terms be refused, the governor, council, and all concerned, must be answerable for the consequences, as an immediate attack will be made by the land and sea forces, which will render every resistance

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