died at his father's, July 1, 1798. He was united secondly, at Tichfield, August 2, 1804, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Admiral Sir Arch. Dickson, first baronet of Hardingham, Norfolk, (an only child by his first wife Elizabeth) and relict of her cousin, Captain William Dickson, of the 22d foot, who died at St. Domingo in 1795. Earl Whitworth died at Knowle, Kent, after three days' illness, aged 71. The deceased Earl was son of Sir Charles Whitworth, Knt. M.P. for Minehead, by the eldest daughter of Richard Shelley, Esq. He was born at Leybourne Grange, but in 1776 removed with his father to Stanmore, Sir Charles having, with his eldest son's consent, obtained an act of parliament which enabled him to sell Leybourne. Earl Whitworth was educated at Tunbridge school, under Mr. Cawthorne the poet, and Mr. Towers, the translator of Cæsar. Soon after leaving this academy, Mr. Whitworth became an officer in the guards. His first diplomatic mission was to the court of Poland, whither he was sent as minister plenipotentiary in 1786. Warsaw was then the centre of intrigues; for a new partition of Poland happened to be meditating at that moment, and the generous attempt at national independence proved but the signal for the final overthrow of that ancient state. After residing two years in Poland, Mr. Whitworth was recalled, and in September, 1788, nominated envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Russia. In 1793, when the English ministers determined to support the cause of the Bourbons against France, it was thought proper to invest the ambassador

at St. Petersburgh with the order of the bath, to add dignity to his mission; and Sir Charles Whitworth from this moment began to act a conspicuous part on this great theatre of European politics. A more intimate connexion than had hitherto subsisted became an object of mutual desire; a subsidiary treaty began to be hinted, and the death of the Empress alone prevented its completion. zeal of her son and successor, Paul, required but little stimulus to induce him to make a common cause with the chief potentates of Europe. He entered into the contest with a degree of enthusiasm worthy of the days of chivalry; while his general, Suwarrow, at the head of a chosen body of troops, conferred new lustre on the Russian arms. But the sudden reverse that occurred in Switzerland, added to some misunderstanding relative to Holland, and a coolness that took place between the two Imperial courts, were calculated to effect an alteration in the aspect of public affairs. On the return of the ambassador he was created, March 21, 1800, an Irish peer, by the title of Baron Whitworth of Newport Pratt, county of Galway; and soon after the critical situation of this country in respect to the northern states, all of whom complained of the conduct of England, required the intervention of an able diplomatist; and Lord Whitworth was commissioned to this office. Having made the necessary dispositions, he repaired to Copenhagen, in the character of plenipotentiary extraordinary. While his lordship commenced a treaty with the Count de Bernstorff, a nobleman of great talents and influence, his mission

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was backed, and his arguments supported, by a strong squadron, consisting of nine sail of the line, four bomb-ketches, and five gunboats, which entered the Sound under the command of Admiral Dickson. However, after a considerable time had elapsed in discussion, in consequence of the exertions of our plenipotentiary, an adjustment at last took place, August 29, 1800. Lord Whitworth, on his return to England, married, April 7, 1801, with Arabella Diana, widow of John Frederick, third Duke of Dorset, and eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Charles Cope, second baronet, of Brewern, county of Oxford. The treaty of Amiens, concluded March 27, 1802, was considered by some politicians rather as a cessation of hostilities than a definitive pacification; and the event proved that too many objects of importance were left open for future discussion. Lord Cornwallis, notwithstanding this, returned from the congress welcomed by the wellmerited applause of his country

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He was succeeded first by Mr. Jackson, then by Mr. Merry, and finally by Lord Whitworth, who, having been made a privy counsellor, was sent to Paris towards the latter end of 1802, as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. On his lordship's arrival at Paris, he found himself, like his predecessors, surrounded by difficulties. The war had indeed ceased, but the hostility of the mind was not yet ended. A rivalship in commerce had succeeded to a rivalship in arms, and the custom-houses of the respective nations were in a state of direct hostility. A variety of circum

stances tended to render this negociation delicate in the extreme; such as the renunciation of Parma; the mission of Sebastiani; the occupation of Holland by a considerable army; the violation of the rights of the Swiss Cantons; and, above all, the aggrandizement of France by means of fresh acquisitions. After a number of previous conferences with Talleyrand, the minister for foreign affairs, Bonaparte at length sent for the English ambassador, in the beginning of 1803, and a long and important interview took place. The English ministry, however, persisted in the resolution of not evacuating Malta, although a categorical answer was in the mean time demanded by General Andréossy, the French ambassador at London. On this, a rupture appearing to be inevitable, his Majesty, in March 1803, sent a message to both houses of parliament, stating the preparations making in the ports of France and Holland, and recommending the adoption of such measures as might be consistent with the honour of his crown and the security of his dominions. A subsequent interview between Lord Whitworth and Bonaparte, instead of healing, appears to have widened the breach. Lord Whitworth, on his first interview with Mons. Talleyrand, remonstrated against the insult offered to him, as alike offensive "to his public and private feelings." He added, that he had repaired to the levee "to pay his respects to the First Consul, and present his countrymen, but not to treat of political subjects; and that, unless he had an assurance from him that he should not be exposed to a repetition of the same disagreeable

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occurrences, he should be under the necessity of discontinuing his visits to the Tuileries." Similar remonstrances were also made in the king's name, by order of the secretary of state for foreign affairs; but Malta again became the bone of contention, and projets innumerable were formed, presented, and bated, relative to the possession of that important island. At length the English minister, in consequence of positive orders from his court, delivered in his ultimatum, and declared that if no convention on this basis was signed within a week, he had received instructions to terminate his mission, and return to London. His lordship left Paris May 13, 1803. After an interview with the cabinet ministers in London, Lord Whitworth repaired to Knowle, where for some years his lordship chiefly resided. On March 2, 1813, Lord Whitworth was made a Lord of the King's bed-chamber; on the 14th of June following he was created a peer of Great Britain, by the title of Viscount Whitworth of Adbaston, county of Stafford, and in August succeeded the Duke of Richmond as Viceroy of Ireland. He resigned the lieutenancy of Ireland in September, 1817, when Lord Talbot was appointed to succeed him. Never having had issue, all his titles have died with him.

Admiral Lord Radstock died in Portland-place, Aug. 20, of apoplexy, aged 72. He was born July 9, 1758. The profession of the navy was his own choice, and he was happily placed under the tuition of such officers as were calculated to improve his early genius for nautical science. Having gone through the inferior gra

dations of service in the Mediterranean and Western Seas, he was promoted to the command of the Zephyr sloop about 1775, and on the 30th May, 1776, advanced to the rank of post-captain. On Aug. 10, 1778, being on a cruise off the coast of Coromandel, he fell in with a French squadron under M. Tranjolly. An action ensued, and was maintained with great obstinacy for two hours, when the enemy, availing himself of the crippled condition of the British ships, made sail and steered for Pondicherry. On the 21st, Sir. Edward again got sight of them, but their superiority in sailing prevented his being able to bring them to action. The climate of the East Indies not agreeing with his health, he returned to England, and on his arrival was appointed to the Pomona, of 28 guns. In this ship he captured the Cumberland, American privateer, of 20 guns, and 170 men. On the 4th of July, 1780, Captain Waldegrave having been sent to cruise off Cape Ortagel, in company with the Licorne, of 32 guns, fell in with, and, after an obstinately contested action of four hours, captured La Capricieuse, a new French frigate, pierced for 44 guns, but mounting only 32, with a complement of 308 men, above 100 of whom, including her commander, were either killed or wounded. His ship bore the brunt of the action, and was a greater sufferer than her companion. In the spring of 1781, Captain Waldegrave accompanied Admiral Darby to the relief of Gibraltar, and towards the close of that year, he assisted at the capture of a number of French

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transports, that were proceeding with troops and stores to the West Indies, under the protection of M. de Guicher. In the armament of 1790, in consequence of the differences with Spain respecting Nootka Sound, he was appointed to the Majestic, of 74 guns; and in 1793 to the Courageux of the same force, which accompanied Lord Hood to Toulon, at the surrender of the place. On the 4th of July, 1794, he was advanced to the rank of rear-admiral, a short time previous to which he had been nominated a colonel of marines. His promotion to a flag obliged Rear-admiral Waldegrave to return to England by land. He subsequently held a command in the Channel fleet. On the 1st of June, 1795, he was made a vice-admiral, and in the fall of the same year, he again sailed for the Mediterranean. During the succeeding spring, he was sent with five ships of the line to negociate with the Tunisians. On the 14th of February, 1797, Sir John Jervis, with fifteen sail of the line, encountered and defeated a Spanish fleet consisting of twenty-seven ships. Upon this occasion, Viceadmiral Waldegrave received a letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, then Sir John Jervis, in acknowledgment of the very essential services he had rendered. He also received a note from the heroic Nelson, accompanied by the sword of the second Captain of the St. Nicholas, as a proof of his esteem for the noble manner in which he conducted himself. Soon after the above glorious event, he was nominated Governor of Newfoundland, and commanderin-chief of the squadron employed on that station. When Sir John

Jervis was raised to the peerage, and the other flag-officers under his command were created baronets, for their conduct in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, the latter rank was offered to Viceadmiral Waldegrave; this, however, he declined. He received the freedom of the city of London for his services, and on the 29th of December, 1800, previous to the Union, was created a peer of Ireland, by the title of Baron Radstock. His lordship was promoted to the rank of Admiral, April 29, 1802, from which time he was not employed.

Lieutenant-Col. Downman died, aged 85. This officer entered the royal artillery in June, 1757; in 1758 he was with the army, at that time commanded by the Duke of Marlborough, at the destruction of the French shipping and stores at St. Maloes; he was at the demolition of the works and batteries of Cherburg, and afterwards at the unlucky affair at St. Cas, commanding the only two six-pounders that were on shore. He sailed for the West Indies the same year with the army under the old General Hopson; was with the troop that made a landing on Martinique, and was very actively employed in the reduction of Guadaloupe, where he remained till the peace of 1763, except attending the troops that captured Dominique; he came to England at the end of the year 1763. He went to New York in June, 1764, remained there till November of the same year, when he was ordered with a small detachment of artillery to Pensacola, in the gulf of Mexico, to take possession of that miserable place: he had the misfortune to remain in this province till the

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end of the year 1767, at which time he was ordered to St. Augustine, in the gulf of Florida, where he remained till January, 1772. He then sailed to New York, remained there till August, and arrived in England in November of the same year. After some service in Scotland he was ordered to New York; he joined the army under General How; was constantly at the head of Elk till the entrance of the army into Philadelphia, and principally engaged in taking the Delaware frigate, and the destruction and taking of Mud Island in the Delaware. He was the only English officer with the troops under Count Donop at the unfortunate attack on the works at Red Bank, on the Jersey shore; about this time he was taken extremely ill, and was obliged to go to New York in the hospital ship. He remained at New York till November 1778, when he was ordered to sail with the army under General Grant for the West Indies. He was much employed in the reduction of St. Lucie, where he remained till it was restored to France, except visiting the other islands. He sailed from Grenada and arrived in England the end of the year 1784. Lieutenant-Col. Downman, which rank he received 1st of March, 1794, was also captain in the invalid battalion of the royal artillery.

Rev. D. Bogue died, aged 76. He had been about fifty years pastor of the church of Protestant dissenters at Gosport, was tutor of the Missionary Seminary, and one of the first promoters of the London Missionary Society. The remains of Dr. Bogue were removed from Brighton to Gosport, attended by a deputation of the

London Missionary Society, and many other friends. Marks of respect for his memory were manifested by the inhabitants of Brighton, and of the several towns through which the procession passed. At Fareham, the deacons and trustees of the chapel in which the deceased officiated, joined the procession, in mourning coaches, and several private carriages followed in their train; about a mile from Gosport, the body was received by the church and congregation over which the deceased had presided, as well as by the students of the seminary under his care; by whom it was conducted to the vestry-room adjoining the Independent chapel, in Gosport, where it was deposited for the night. The remains of Dr. Bogue were conveyed into the chapel, of which he had been minister nearly half a century, when a funeral oration was delivered by the Rev. John Griffin, of Portsea, to a crowded auditory. And then the funeral procession moved towards Alverstoke; and on reaching the new burial-ground, the funeral service was read by the Rev. Henry Aubrey Veck, and the procession returned in the same order that it came. In the evening a funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Winter, when the chapel was crowded to excess, and multitudes were prevented from gaining admission. During the day the shops and houses of the inhabitants were closed, and all seemed desirous of expressing their esteem and veneration for the memory of the deceased. His loss will be as deeply and as extensively felt amongst dissenters as that perhaps of any man of his day. He was one of

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