1 13] Upwards of one hundred publicans were fined ten pounds each at the police office, laft, Friday, for retailing Spirituous liquors on Sundays without wine licence. It is reported through town, that a writ of Kilkenny, the Lady of the Rev. William Glaff- MARRIAGES for Sept. 1788. T Strokettown, county of Roscommon, error has been granted in the cale of Father Fay, A Gerge Day, of Martinitown, in laid if so, the laft trial will be quathed, and another brought on at the next fittings. 16.] Friday the Earl of Courtown arrived from England at his house in Kildare street. Changes of regiments for the enfuing five years, which are unalterably fixed, except a war in terferes. In 1789-the 20th, 21ft, and 24th regiments go to Nova Scotia and Canada, to relieve the 37th, 42d, and 53d, who go to England, and the 38th, 39th and 40th come to Ireland. 1790-the ift go to Jamaica to relieve the 30, and the 12th come from England to replace the If the 47th and 62d go to Nova Scotia to relieve the 54th and 57.h, who come to England, and the 22 and 23d come from thence to Ire land. 1791-the 13th and 16th go to Jamaica to replace the 4th and 19th, who return to England, and the 7th and 34th come from thence to Ireland-the 15th go to Grenada to relieve the goth, who return to England, and the 55th come from thence to Ireland. 1792-the 46th, 51ft, and 6ift go to Gibraltar to relieve the 20, 25th, and 59th, who return to England, and the 8th, 17th, and 53d come from thence to Ireland. 1793-the 28th, 58th, and 69th, go to Gibraltar to relieve the 11th, 18th, and 32d, who return to England. Note, It is not yet determined what regiments come from England to Ireland this year. . Four troops of the 9th regiment of dragoons, commanded by Colonel Lefroy, are thortly to march into Limerick, to do duty until next fum mer. Yefterday returned from his travels-Lord Viscount Powe, fcourt. His lordship's first notice of the death of the late lord, was from the public papers he was at Dresden. AT BIRTHS for Sept. 1788. county, Elq. to Mil Jahia Blake, of Lehisch, JOR DEATHS for September, 1788. ORDAN ROCHE, Efq; commonly called Lord Viscount Fermoy, which title was created in 1491. The prefent heir to that dignity is his nephew, Sir Boyle Roche, Bart. who we hear intends to lay his claim to that ancient title, before the House of Peers, which if allowed, he will be the premier Viscount of this kingsom. — Ralph Ward, Efq; Surveyor General of the Ordnance, and late one of the Commiffioners of the Barrack Board.-8th of Sept. at her house in Kildare-street, in the 84th year of her age, the Right Hon. the Counters Dowager of Courtown, T Landenftown Lodge, county of Kildare, mother to the prefent Earl, and to Gen. Stupord. the Lady of John William Digby, Elg. At Waterford, Brabazon Chriftian, Eiq; a of a fon. At Stephen-green, the Lady of William Digge Latouche, Elq. of a fon.At the Palace of her father, the Lord Bishop of Limerick, the Lady of Sir Vere Hunt, Bait, of a fon and heir.-La Sackville-treett, the Lady of Richard Dawfon, Eiq. of a fon and heir. The Lady of Colonel Toone, o: a fon.-The Lady of Mathew Coadd, Liq. of a ton and heir. -la Moore-ftreet, Mis. Auchenleck, of a fon, -In Merrion Square, the Lady of the Right Hon. Lord Catlettewart, of a daughter. Moletworth-street, the Lady of Malachy Donellan, of Ballydonnellan, Eq. of a daughter.-In Sackville-street, the Hon. Lady Theresa Deafe, of a daughter -At Lady Fitzgerald's houfe in Co.k, the Lady of M. Pepper, Eq. of Bugwood Manor, in Efex, of a fon and heir. la Captain in his Majefty'e Navy.-At Beliatt, the At Rath, near Omagh, county of Tyrone, Mifs. M PROMOTIONS. R. Fenwick to be one of the Landwaiters on the Cuftorn houfe quas-(Mr. Birne, refigned.). Wiian O'Brien, of Marlbank, Etq to be a Juftice of the Pesce for the countie of Fe math and Cavan. 1 THE GENTLEMAN's and LONDON M AGAZINE, For OCTOBER, 1788. The Life and Memoirs of Elizabeth Chudleigh, afterwards Mrs. Hervey and Countess of Bristol, commonly called Duchefs of Kingston. (With an elegant Engraving, reprefenting her Ladyship at the Venetian Ambaffador's Mafquerade, when Maid of Honor, in the Charailer of Iphigenia.) a T was caftomary among the antient Egatiane, try before public urient nal, the characters of their princes and great men after death. At these trials of the dead, the living were allowed, without incurring danger from punishment or revenge, to bring forward their accufations in proof; and if the deceafed was found guilty of having led a vicious, irregular, or ufelefs life, his body was refused a place in the catacombs, the rites of burial, in a more private way; or a sentence, ftigmatizing his character, was paffed and entered against hita upon record by the judges. Though no fuch formal mode of trial exifts in this country, yet the art of printing, and the liberty of the press, have established what virtually amount to the fame; for in these times, not only every perfon eminent for rank or virtues, but all, whofe characters have been remarkable, or whofe genius has been diftinguished in arts, fciences, and profeffions, as well as thofe whofe lives have been notorious for villany, debauche. ry, or folly, are after their deceafe, brought to an ordeal, to receive judgment from public opinion; and every action is inveftigated and determined upon, by a fcrutiny equally circumfpect as that carried on against the defunct by the Egyptian jurifts. At the bar of this court ftands, the character of Elizabeth Chudleigh, otherwife Hervey, late Countess of Bristol; and in the detail of her conduct through life, every anecdote fhall appear with fairness and canGent Mag. Oct. 1788. dour.-The biographift will "nothing exconur. but a true tale deliver, unvarnished by prejudice, unbiaffed by partiality, and supported by the evidence of facts. Mifs Elizabeth Chudleigh was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh, the younger fon of Sir George Chudleigh, of Afhton, in the county of Devon, baronet; a family which had long flourished in the weft of England with great refpect and among her ancestors was a naval officer, who had a command in the glorious engagement, when the Spanish Armada was defeated, and a loyalist who ftrenuously supported his king, at the expence of his fortune, during the civil wars. Colonel Chudleigh had a small eftate in the parish of Hertford, about twelve miles from Plymouth, the remnant of his family poffefiions, wherein he sometimes refided; and in the manfion-house of Hall, in that parifh, probably his daughter was born. This eftate was, a very few years ago, in poffeffion of the Countess of Briftol. Mifs Chudleigh's father, early in life, entered into the army; and though it does not appear, that he was ever engaged in any service that could give him an opportunity of diftinguifhing himself, for either courage or conduct, he tied a colonel, and lieutenant-governor of Chelfer Hofpital. This event happened when his daughter Elizabeth was very young, of course, the tutelage of her mind and of her educa Sff tion tion, devolved to her mother; who having nothing to depend on, but the penfion fhe derived as a widow from the rank her hufband held in the army, and a small falary as houfe keeper of Windfor Caftle, however folicitous fhe might be to cultivate the manners of her infant charge, fhe was precluded from beftewing on her those liberal accomplishments, which the daughter of a colonel generally acquires, and the granddaughter of a baronet is entitled to. The widow Chudleigh, on the death of her husband, finding it neceffary to lay down a plan of domeftic economy, refolv ed at the fame time to keep up fuch an appearance, as would entitle her to retain thofe refpectable connections, which the fupported in the life time of her husband. For this purpofe, the hired a small neat house, in a fashionable part of the town, and took in a lady as boarder and lodger; which enabled her to furnish a table in a ftyle of plenty, and fometimes elegance that the fcanti nefs of her finance would not otherwife have allowed. Elizabeth, without the inftruction of mafters, foon became diftinguished in the circle of her mother's acquaintance. Nature had endowed her with boldnefs of difpofition, fluency of speech, à bright fancy, and a happy turn at repartee. Her manner was admired; her Bon Mots were retailed; and her company folicited. Among thofe in high life who vifited at her mother's, was the celebrated Mr. Pult ney, afterwards created Earl of Bath, for betraying his party, and recanting thofe political principles he maiutained while a commoner. At this time, he was confidential friend to the Prince of Wales, and a principal leader of the oppofition in parliament, which his royal highnefs countenanced; of courfe his intereft was great in the court of the prince, which was then kept at Leicester House. Mr. Pultney being dazzled with the bright fallies of Mifs Chudleigh's converfation, and perhaps the brilliancy of her beauty, refolved to draw her from obfcurity, and place her in a fituation where her qualities would fhine to the greateft advantage He applied to the Prince's of Wales in favour of the lady, and at the age of eighteen fhe was appointed maid of honour to her royal highness. This was in the year 1743. Mr. Pultney knowing the narrowness of Mifs Chudleigh's education, recommended to her in the ftrongest terms, feduloufly to apply to the cultivation of her understanding, and undertook himself the pleafing office of a preceptor. Under his tutelage the improv ed confiderably; their literary exercises were frequent. She read to him-he read to her; and, when feparate, they conftantly sorrefponded by letters. This intimacy, notwithstanding the difference of ages between the parties, was not confidered by all perfons as being ftrialy platonic; for there are those who infift, that the warmth of nature muft thaw the frigidity of philosophy, where frequent and clofe converfations are carried on be tween perfons of different fexes, and youth and beauty is on the fide of the female. Scandal, however, only whispered her fufpicions no facts were adduced to prove them, and the tittle tattle of the day was foon diffipated; which, however, was in a great measure owing to the particular notice and attention with which Miss Chudleigh was honoured by her royal patronefs, and the great care the took to discountenance the reports. Mr. Pultney's endeavours to attach his pupil to ftudy, proved ineffectual: he never could prevail on her to undertake the fatigue of reading a large volume, fo that her learning, like her understanding, was light and fuperficial: but though deficient in folid fenfe, the delighted every company where the converfed, with the excurfions of her imagination; and, by her vivacity, could turn the moft grave and scientific difcourfes into fubjects of laughter. No man understood the intrinfic value of money better than Mr. Pultney: he was an adept in the 'art of œconomy; and, finding that avarice was among the qualities of his pupil, carefully inculcated into her mind the most certain rules of making the moft of a guinea: nor were his inftructions in that art thrown away; for, though he found the head of his pupil too fhallow and giddy to receive and retain the impreffions of science, he foon was convinced that her heart was congenial to his own, being equally fufceptible of his penurious doctrines. It was a maxim of this great fenator, and apoftate patriot, that a man with the price of a pot of porter in his pocket, fhould purchase only a pint, however extreme his thirft; and this maxim he applied to every fituation of life. As Mifs Chudleigh now moved in the he mifphere of fashionable life, it is no wonder fo bright a conftellation fhould have many fatellites, and that even among these there were ftars of the firft magnitude. Her perfonal attractions were powerful; and, among others, attached to her the Duke of Hamil ton, who loved her with ardour, and perfsvered in his fuit with fuch unremitting affiduity, and warmth of paffion, that Mifs Chudleigh, whose interest and vanity were equally concerned, in confummating a match fo devoutedly to be wished for, acquiefced in making a promise, that she would furrender her hand and heart, and become Duchefs of Hamilton, on his grace's returning from |