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the island of Dominica. See our Chronicle, p. 189.

23. Henry Banks, Efq; Commiffioner of Customs.

24. The Right Hon. Charles Lord Cadogan, Baron of Oakley, Colonel of the fecond troop of horfe guards, Governor of Gravefend and Tilbury-Fort, a General of his Majefty's forces, a truftee of the British Mufeum, and F. R. S. in the ninety-fecond year of his

age.

29. The Right Hon. Stephen Fox, Earl of lichefter, Lord Ilchefter and Stavordale, Baron Strangeways of Woodford Strangeways, Baron of Redlynch, one of his Majefty's Moft Hon. PrivyCouncil, and Joint-Comptroller of the Army Accounts, at Melbury in Dorfetfhire. His lordship was fuddenly feized with the diforder which occafioned his death, on Sunday the 22d ult. and never fpoke afterwards.

Francis Herne, Efq; Member for Camelford, in Cornwall.

30. Thomas Whitchot, Efq; who formerly reprefented the county of Lincoln in parliament thirty-fix years, at Harpfwell.

Lately, Col. John Horton, of the firft regiment of foot-guards.

The Right Hon. Anne CountefsDowager of Abercorn, aged 86, in Grofvenor-Square.

Sir Robert Kerr, Bart. at Kelfo.

George Gibfon, Efq; fon of the late Bishop of London, of that name. See our Characters for the year 1763, p. 12.

Mr. De Vifme, the British Envoy to the court of Stockholm.

Mrs. Mary Leighton, fifter of Sir Charles Leighton, of Leton, Bart. at Shrewsbury.

Philip Baron de Spiegel, Abbé of Corvey, and a Prince of the Holy Roman empire, of a fit of the apoplexy, at Francfort.

Oct. 2. Sir Alexander Don, Bart. of Newtown, in Scotland.

3. The Hon. Col. Thomas Molyneux, Member for Haflemere, and a Major in the third regiment of foot guards, in ManchesterBuildings, Westminster.

4. The Right Hon. Lady Catharine Cochrane, daughter of Thomas late Earl of Dundonald, and wife to William Wood, Efq;

7. Don Nuno Cajetan Alvares Pereira de Mello, Duke of Cadaval, and chief of a branch of the houfe of Braganza, in Portugal.

9. The Right Hon. Richard Lord Onflow, Baron Onflow and Clendon, and Baronet; LordLieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Surry, HighSteward of Guildford, LL. D. a Privy Counsellor, and one of the Knights of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. He is fucceeded in title, and an estate of 18,000l. a year, by his coufin, Lord Cranley, fon to the late Speaker of the House of Commons.

11. The Right Hon. Sir William Yorke, late Chief Juftice of the court of Common-Pleas, in Ireland; but had retired on a penfion. See our Chronicle, p. 189.

13. Lady Ann Stirling, relict of Sir Henry Stirling, of Ardoch, Scotland, Bart.

14. Joshua Seabrooke, Efq; formerly a commander in the navy.

19. Robert Pett, Efq; one of the Commiffioners of the Victualling-Office.

John Smith, Efq; Secretary to the Lord-Chancellor of Ireland.

21. Samuel Mead, Efq; F. R. S. and

and Commiffioner of his Majesty's Cuftoms.

25. The Hon. Mifs Elizabeth Foley, daughter of Lord Foley. Mifs Jane Whichcote, daughter of Sir Chriftopher Whichcote, Bart.

26. Lady Calder, relict of the late Sir James Calder, Bart. of Grofvenor-Square.

George Williams, Efq; a commander in the royal navy, in James-Street, Westminster.

Buckle, Efq; brother to Admiral Buckle, at Bath.

31. Lately, Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton, a maiden lady, aged 90, daughter of the late Colonel Cotton, and niece to Sir Robert Cot

ton.

Lady Whitford, widow of the deceafed General Sir John Whitford, of Whiteford, Bart.

William Parry, Efq; fon of Admiral Parry.

The Provincial General Thomas, at Chamblee, in North-America.

Mr. Reichie, Refident at Copenhagen on the part of his Britannic Majefty's Hanoverian dominions, in his 80th year. He He had been in that station 49 years. Nov. 2. Lady Dalfton, relict of Sir George Dalton, Bart. of Heath, in the county of York, at St, Omer's.

3. The Right Hon. Rob. Earl of Litchfield, Viscount Quarendon, Cuftos Brevium, in the court of Common-Pleas, aged upwards of 70. by a fall from his horse, as he was hunting at Ditchley, in Oxfordshire. As his Lordship has left no iffue, the title is extinct: and the office of Cuftos Brevium in the court of Common-Pleas, annexed to the title, devolves to the

crown.

17. James Sayer, Efq;, Vice. Admiral of the White.

19. The Hon. Mrs. Hervey, relict of the Hon. William Hervey, uncle to the Earl of Bristol.

20. Peter Christopher Algeht, Efq; Swedish Conful, at the HotWells, Briftol.

24. Mrs. O'Brien, relict of the late Admiral O'Brien, in the isle of Wight.

24. George Brown, of Coalftoun, Efq; one of the Senators of the College of Justice in Edinburgh.

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30. The Rev. Robert Gilbert, D. D. brother of the late Dr. Gilbert Archbishop of York, one of the Canons Refidentiary of the cathedral church of Sarum, and poffeffed of many other church preferments.

Lately, James Dunn, Efq; late Lieutenant-Colonel in the first troop of horfe guards.

Mrs, Chapman, wife of the Rev. Dr. Chapman, Archdeacon of Sudbury, in Suffolk.

Admiral Brice, commander of a fquadron of American veffels of war, at Boston.

The Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Forrefter, at Colerne, Wilts.

The Cardinal Patriarch Archbishop of Lisbon.

The Dowager Lady Compton, at Hartpury, in Gloucestershire.

Dec. 2. Lady Windfor, relict of the late Lord Windfor, and mother to Lady Mountftewart.

5. Her Grace Elizabeth, Duchefs of Northumberland. She was in her own right Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpaine, Bryan, and Latimer ; was heirefs and fole reprefentative of many great families, being the only daughter of Algernon Seymour, [P] 3

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laft Duke of Somerset of his branch, and through him defcended from the illuftrious family of Percy, ancient Earls of Northumberland; his Grace's mother being the only child of Jofceline Percy, laft Earl of Northumberland, who died in 1670. By the moft happy marriage with his Grace the prefent Duke of Northumberland, he has left two furviving fons, viz. ft. Hugh Earl Percy, one of the members for Weftminster, who is at prefent a Lieutenant-General in his Majefty's fervice in America, and who fucceeds her Grace in her Baronial honours; and 2dly, Lord Algernon Percy, one of the Knights of the fhire for the county of Northumberland. [For a sketch of her Grace's character, please to turn to the Chronicle, p. 196.]

9. Sir James Porter, formerly his Britannic Majefty's Ambaffador at Conftantinople, and Fellow of the Royal Society, in Great Marlborough-Street.

12, The Right Hon. William Lord Falconer, of Haulkerston, at Groningen, in the United Pro

vinces.

15. His Grace the Hon. and Moft Rev. Dr. Drummond, brother to the Earl of Kinnoul, Archbishop of York, and Lord High Almoner to the King. He was confecrated

a bifhop in the year 1748, in the room of Dr. Lifle, Bishop of St. Afaph, from whence he was tranflated in the year 1761, to the fee of Salisbury, on the promotion of Dr. Thomas to the diocefs of Winchefter, and was foon afterwards. advanced to the Archiepifcopal fee

of York, on the death of Archbifhop Gilbert in 1761. His Grace preached the fermon at the coronation of their Majefties in Weft minfter-Abbey, Sept. 22, 1761.

20. The Lady of Col. St. Leger, at Parkhill, in Yorkshire.

22. The Hon. Mifs Ifabella Percival, eldest daughter of the Earl of Egmont..

Captain James Anftruther, of the 58th regiment of foot, fon of the late Sir Philip Anftruther, of Balcafkie, in Scotland, Bart. at Inergelly, in Fifefhire, Scotland.

The Lady of Sir John Davy, Bart. of Creedy, in Devonshire, 27. The Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Edwin.

29. Lady Cornwallis, relict of the late General Cornwallis, formerly Governor of Gibraltar, at her feat at Bird-Hall, in Effex.

31. Lately, Mrs. Friend, widow of the late Rev. Dr. Friend, Dean of Canterbury, at Chelfea.

Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, relict of Lord Berkeley of Stratton.

Mrs. Whalley, relict of the late Dr. Whalley, and mother to the Lady of Judge Afhurit, at Oxford.

The Hon. Lieut. William Sinclair, fecond fon of the Earl of Caithnefs, at New-York.

Mrs. Mary Fofter, relict of Thomas Fofter, Efq; late Member for Dorchefter, at Egham, in Surry.

Thomas Bayntun, Efq; brother to Sir Edward Bayntun, Bart.

Henry Vernon, of Thurlow, Efq; brother of Lord Viscount Orwell, of Orwell-Park, near Ipfwich.

Mrs. Sufanna Dennis, fifter to Sir Peter Dennis, Bart.

APPENDIX

APPENDIX to the CHRONICLË.

Summary of the Trial of Elizabeth,. filing herself Duchess of Kingfton, for Bigamy, before the Houfe of Lords of Great-Britain, in Weftminster-Hall, on Monday the 15th of April, and feveral fucceeding Days, in the prefent Year 1776.

HE peers being affembled by eleven, the commiffion read, and the usual formalities adjusted, proclamation was made for the appearance of the Duchefs of Kingston in difcharge of her recognizance. Her Grace, accompanied by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Mountftuart, and James Laroche, Efq; entered the court, and made her obeifance to the judges. The indictment was then read, after which the Lord High - Steward ftated the nature of the offence with which the lady was charged. Her Grace then read a paper to the following purport:

That she was not confcious of having committed any act of a criminal nature. That he had never intentionally violated the laws of her country. That she had no fooner been apprized of the charge alledged against her, than fhe travelled from Rome to England, at the hazard of her life, in order to appear to the indictment, and thus

defeat the malice of her enemies. It was true fhe had been married to an illuftrious perfonage. But, if it was a crime to have wedded a noble duke, it was a crime fhe would always glory in, as fhe might date the era of her happiness, and of her honour, from the hour of that marriage. She had not been wedded to the illuftrious perfonage, without having previously taken every precaution NOT to violate the laws of her country. The court, which alone had competent jurifdiction of the matter, had pronounced a sentence, whereby her Grace was decreed to be free from all matrimonial engagements; confequently a fingle woman; and, if a fingle woman, she had a right to accept the hand of the noble perfonage. Under fuch circumftances, therefore, fhe had been married to the Duke of Kingston; under fuch circumftances fhe was intitled to marry him; and, if the had erred, her error proceeding, not from any intentional violation of the laws, her confcience bore teftimony to the truth of the affertion, whilft her lips pronounced her to be NOT GUILTY.

The council then, for and against the profecution, entered into the arguments on both fides, which took up two days, when the court [P] 4 adjourned

adjourned to Friday, April 19, on which day, the council having finished their pleadings, Lord Gower moved to adjourn to their own house, and, as soon as their Lordships were feated in the parliament chamber, Lord Camden put the two following questions to the judges:

"Whether a fentence of the Ecclefiaftical Court against a marriage in a fuit of jactitation of marriage is conclufive evidence, fo as to ftop the crown from proving the faid marriage on an indictment for polygamy."

And," Whether, admitting fuch fentence to be conclufive upon fuch indictment, the crown may be admitted to avoid the effect of fuch indictment by proving the fame to have been obtained by fraud or collufion."

Lord Chief Justice De Grey delivered the opinion of the judges. He informed their Lordships, that, the rest of his brethren being unanimous with him, it had of courfe fallen to his lot to declare to their Lordships their opinions; and at the fame time to ftate the general grounds on which it was founded.

The firft queftion he answered in the negative, because no civil fentence whatever can prevent a profecution on an indictment in which the crown is the profecutor. The fecond he answered in the affirmative, because it was neceffarily included in the firft; and becaufe no fraudulent act of any two parties can be binding or conclufive on a third, without their participation or confent, even in a civil cafe, much lefs in a matter in which the general juftice of the nation and execution of the laws are concerned. This was the whole fub

ftance of what the Chief Juftice de livered.

In about an hour and an half their Lordships returned into court, when the Lord - Steward defired Mr. Attorney-General to proceed in fupport of the profecution.

Mr. Attorney, after opening the case, stated the nature of the evidence he was inftructed to lay before their Lordships. The first witnefs he called was

Anne Cradock. She faid fhe knew the prifoner at the bar for upwards of 30 years; that, in July 1744, the and Mrs. Hanmer, aunt to the prifoner, to whom she was fervant, were in London; that the lady, then Mifs Chudleigh, accompanied her aunt down to Hampshire, where Mrs. Hanmer refided, at a Mr. Merrill's; that, in a few days, there being races at Winchefter, the lady with her aunt went there, where the first saw Mr. Hervey, then a lieutenant in the navy; that that interview gave birth to a marriage, which took place between them on the 4th of Auguft the fame year, in Launcefton chapel, in faid county, at which, the herfelf was prefent; that every precaution was taken to render it as private as poffible, on account of the then fituation of the parties; that Mr. Hervey in a few days, during which time he and the prifoner at the bar cohabited as man and wife, repaired aboard Admiral Danvers's fleet, then deftined for the Eaft-Indies that a Mr. Mountney, the lady's aunt, Mrs. Hanmer, and Mr. Merril, were prefent at the marriage; that he the witnefs afterwards came to live with the prifoner, and that he told her fhe had a child by Mr. Hervey, and promised to

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