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 HAMILTON, 291 sonages in the court of Charles the Second, which has rendered it particularly interesting to English readers. The late Lord Orford (Horace Walpole) printed a splendid edition of it at his private press, adorned with fine engravings from original portraits; and it was like wise reprinted in London in 1805, in three volumes 8vo. HUGH HAMILTON, Bishop of Ossory, and a mathematician of some emi nence, was born in the county of Dublin, on the 26th of March, 1729. He received his education in Trinity Col lege; and, in 1751, obtained a fellowship. In 1758, he published his treatise on Conic Sections; and in 1759, was elected Erasmus Smith's professor of natural philoso phy. In 1764, he resigned his fellowship, having accepted a college living; and, in 1767, obtained the living of S t. Anne's, Dublin, which i n the following year h e r e signed, a t the proposal o f the primate Robinson, for the deanery o f Armagh. I n 1772, h e married a n Irish lady o f good family, o f the name o f Wood. I n 1796, h e was consecrated Bishop o f Clonfert, having been recommended t o that dignity without his solicitation o r knowledge; and, i n 1799, was removed t o the see o f Ossory, where h e con tinued till his death, which happened December 1, 1805. Dr. Hamilton's works were collected and published by his son i n 1809, i n two volumes 8vo. HUGH HAMILTON, ... . An artist o f some eminence, was born i n Dublin about the year 1784. He studied the elements o f his art a t the Academy House i n Grafton-street; and t o his ingenuity we are indebted for the invention o f that species o f portrait painting which i s a mixture o f crayons and chalks, and i n which h e s o much excelled, that his likenesses were held i n high estimation. He pursued h i s a r t with increased success i n England,