Obituary.

the bookselling business . In 1758 , in conjunction with his brother , he started that well-known work , the ' Annual Register , ' and continued to publish it till the year 1790 . Mr . Dodsley was particularly fortunate in his literary connections , and , in consequence , realised a very handsome fortune . It is worthy

noticing , as a literary anecdote , that he sold no less than 18 , 000 of Mr . Burke's famous ' Revolution , ' with no considerable advantage , however , to himself , as the profits were exactly accounted for to the author , in the year 1782 , he communicated to the Rockingham Administration the plan of the Tax on

Receipts , which , though troublesome to the Trader , has been productive of considerable revenue to the State . In Westminster , aged 67 , Madame Barce , so named from dealing in Barcelona nuts and apples ; a constant attendant in the lobby of the house of peers , where she served their lordshi

ps with fruit for upwards of 26 years . Aged 79 , J . Croft , Esq . Clerk of the journals and engrossments in the house of lords , for upwards of 40 years , to the duties of which employment he paid indefatigable attention . C . A . Atkinson , Esq . alderman : of a worthy character . Walkingin

com-, pany among his coal-works , at Dumfennline , Scotland , and proceeding to examine the mouth of an old pit , the timber on which he stood gave way , and precipitated him to the bottom , a depth of 40 fathoms . It was several hours before his marigled remains could be

recovered . Lately , at Edinburgh , General David Grame , of the 19 th regt . of foot . Lately , iheRight Hon . HughMackay , Lord Reay . At his house in Argyle-street , Sir Francis Lumm , Bart , of Lumville , in _ the King ' s County , and Governor

of Ross Castle , in the Kingdom of Ireland . At Burleigh-house , the Right Hon , the Countess of Exeter . Lately , at . Boyndie , the Right Hon , Lady Catharine Booker , wife of Thomas Booker , Esq . and sister to the Duke of Gordon .

Lately , in the house of industry , Worcester , Joyce Pardoe , aged 105 . Lately , at Attleborough , Norfolk , aged 90 , Mr . John Cole , Farmer , who has left 115 children and grand-children to bemoan his loss .

Lately , at his house in George-street ^ Hanover-square , Dr . Cadogan . Lately , Mrs . Gray , wife of John Gray Esq . Bloomsbury-square . Lately , at St . Christopher's , the Hon . Archibald Esdaile , president of that island . 5 . Much lamented , at her house

in New Norfolk-street , Grosvenorsquare , Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Harbrough , relict of Bennett , late Earl of Harbrough , and eldest daughter of the late Sir Thomas Cave , Bart , for many years one of the Representatives in Parliament for the County of Leicester .

' 7 . At herapartments in the Queen's Palace , MademoiselleSchwellenbergen , keeper of the Robes to her Majesty . She came over with the Queen frorri Hanover in the year 1761 , and has been in the serviceofthe Royal Family , in the above capacity , ever since , to whom she was a very faithful attendant ' .

From the emoluments of her place , she has left to her relatives a very comfortable fortune . She was a gentlewoman of much respectability , and greatly beloved by all the Royal Family .

Although often accused of extreme avarice , no one was more liberal to the unfortunate , nor more humane to the wretched , than this lady . She was both generous and charitable . And , notwithstanding she has been represented to have accumulated two or three hundred thousand pounds , it is said that she left

hut afezo thousands I By her demise , the greatest and the best ivoman in the country has lost a very faithful and accomplished old servant ; and the junior branches of the Royal Family are deprived of the cheering presence of a lady , to whom , during their tender years , she acted with all

the fond solicitude and cordial affection of a mother . Madame Schwelienbergen left the world quite suddenly . She had for a long time laboured under the infirmity of old age , but did not think her dissolution near . On the evening of her deathshe said to one of her attendants

, , that she would divert herself with a game at cards , which were brought ; and , drawing near the table , before she began to play , fell into a fit , and expired , without uttering-a sentence . Her remains were interred in the German Chapel , in the Savoy .