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Marriages and Deaths.

riah Cox, Esq. Captain of 23d Lancers, to Louisa Frances, youngest daughter of the late Tho. Waleston, Esq. of Walton-hall, co. York.—22. Thomas Stamford Raffles, Esq. of Bemer's-street, to Sophia, daughter of James Watson Hull, Esq. late of Great Baddow.—27. George Ulric Barlow, Esq. eldest son of Sir George Barlow, Bart. G.C.B. to Hilare, third daughter of Sir R. Barlow.

March 5.— At Albury-vale, Surrey, Jas. Simpson, Esq. advocate, to Eliza, second daughter of the late Jonas Maldin, Esq. of Putney.


DEATHS.

Jan. 1.—At Berlin, the celebrated chemist Klaproth, in the 71st year of his age.—2. At Foveran-house, Andrew Robertson, Esq. of Foveran, aged 86 In his 66th year, Sir Martin Stapylton, Bart, of Mytonhall, county of York.—4. In the 77th year of his age, Sir Arthur Owen, Bart. He is succeeded in his title by his nephew, William Owen, of the Temple, barrister-at-law.—8. At Hainfield, in Styria, Godfrey Winceslaus, Count of Purgstall, &c. only son of the late Winceslaus, Count of Purgstall, &c. and of Jane Anne, second daughter of the late Hon. George Cranston—9. At Wells, Tho. Clark, Esq. of Westholme-house. He was descended from a branch of the ancient and well-known family of his name of Pennicuick, near Edinburgh.—10. At West Ham, Essex, George Anderson, Esq. F.L.S. son of the late Dr James Anderson, author of Essays on Agriculture, The Bee, and other works.—At St Andrews, Rev. Dr Robertson, professor of oriental languages.—11. At Edinburgh, Mr Moss, long the dramatic favourite of the Edinburgh public, and well known for the excellence with which he pourtrayed Lingo, and many other characters of the same stamp.—14. At Clifton, Lady Miller, widow of the late Sir Thomas Miller of Glenlee, Bart.—15. At Dundee, Charles Craig, weaver, at the advanced age of 108.—20. At Edinburgh, General Drummond of Strathallan.—21. At Johannisberg, aged 76, the Prince Hohenloe-Waldenberg-Bartenstein, Bishop of Breslau—23. At Turin, the Count de Barruel-Bauvert. He was one of the hostages for Louis XVI.—24. At Warsaw, General Bronickowski, who commanded the Polish legion of the Vistula, in France.—26. In Grosvenor-place, Caroline, Dowager Countess of Buckinghamshire.—28. Lieut.-Col. Norris, of the engineers in the East India Company's service—Lieut.-Col. Finlayson.—Lately at Aron, Galway, in his 120th year, Mr Dirrane. He retained his faculties to the last, could read without spectacles, and till within the last three or four years, would walk some miles a-day.

Feb. 2.—At Seagrove, near Leith, Dame Jane Hunter Blair, widow of the late Sir James Hunter Blair of Dunskey and Robertland, Bart.—Aged 85, General Carleton, colonel of the 2d battalion 60th foot, and great uncle to the present Lord Dorchester.—3. Sir Isaac Pennington, Knt. M.D. Regius professor of physic, Cambridge.—4. Mrs Christiana Howell, in her 107th year. She was sister to the late Colonel Monro of the royal marines—6. The Right Hon. Lady Glenbervie—7. At the Jews' Hospital, Mile-end, aged 104, Henry Cohen. He was taken ill in the morning, and expired in the evening, retaining his faculties to the last—8. At Pisa, Francis Horner, Esq. M.P. (See our first article.)—In her 89th year, the Dowager Lady Carew.—11. Aged 82, Sir John Palmer, Bart.—14. At Marseilles, Lieut-Gen, the Hon. Sir John Abercromby, G.C.B. and Member of Parliament for the county of Clackmannan—At her hotel, in Paris, aged 85, the Countess of Coislin, formerly one of the attendants on the Queen of Louis XV. and grand-aunt of the duchess of Pia of Bavaria.—15. At Edinburgh, Lady Miller, wife of Sir William Miller of Glenlee, Bart.—17. Aged 80, Rear-Admiral Alexander Edgar. He was the last male descendant of the Edgars of Wedderlie, in Berwickshire, one of the oldest families in Scotland, as appears by deeds as far back as 1170.—19. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Sir Alexander Don of Newton-Don, Bart. M.P.—21. At Stirling, the Rev. John Russel, one of the ministers of that town, in the 44th year of his ministry—At Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, aged 102, Mr J. Borrie.—23. The Right Hon. Lady Amelia Leslie, second daughter of the late Earl of Rothes.—24. Lady Henrietta Cecilia Johnstone.—Lately, at Rudding Park, in her 83d year, the Dowager Countess of Aberdeen.—At Cammaes, in the parish of Llanhadrick, Anglesea, aged 105, Mary Zebulon.—At Trawnstynydd, county of Merioneth, aged 110, Edmund Morgan, being, as it is believed, the oldest inhabitant of Wales. He retained his faculties to the hour of his death—At Eglinton Castle, aged 74, Eleonora, Countess of Eglinton.—The ci-devant Prince Primate of the Rhine, and Grand-duke of Frankfort.

March 2.—At Brighton, in her 74th year, Theodosia, Countess of Clanwilliam. Her ladyship was lineally descended from the illustrious Earl of Clarendon.—3. At Edinburgh, Major-Gen. William Lockhart, late of the 30th regiment—5. At Gilcomston, Aberdeenshire, aged 101, John MacBain. He was present at the battle of Culloden, and was attached to the corps brought into the field by Lady M'Intosh.—9. In Bolton-row, in her 75th year, Jane, Countess of Uxbridge, mother of the present Marquis of Anglesea.—12. In his 84th year, G. P. Towry, Esq. commissioner of the Victualling-office, father of Lady Ellenborough.—13. Sir William Innes, Bart, of Balvenie, at the age of about 100 years. The title is now extinct.—15. At the encampment at Honniton, Mrs Boswill, sister to the Queen of the Gypsies. She was interred with great pomp.


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