DEATHS.-JULY, SEPT., Nov., 1852. 20. At St. Thomas's Church, Ryde, Isle of Wright, Frederick Charles Ashworth, esq., to Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur Frederick, esq. 20. At Dublin, Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, esq., of Colnbrook Park, Monmouthshire, to Elizabeth Jane, daughter of the late John Pomeroy McRobert, esq., of Ballyclough, county Down. At Greenwich, R. F. Morrison, esq., 19th Regt., to Jane, daughter of the late Colquhoun Grant, esq. 21. At Prittlewell, Essex, Lieut. J. Ruggles, 41st Bengal N.I., to Eliza, daughter of Col. Bateman, of Norwood, Surrey. 22. At Bournemouth, Dorset, Harry Richard Parker, esq., Hon. E I.C.S., to Louisa Harriet, daughter of the late Rear-Adm. John Duff Markland, C.B., K.L., of Handley House, Dorsetshire. At All Souls', Marylebone, the Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie, of Wimpole Street, to Harriet, widow of Thomas Le Marchant, esq., late of Aspeden Lodge, Herts. 24. At the British Embassy, Paris, William Montagu Leeds, esq., of the 50th (Queen's Own) Regt., to Emma, daughter of Henry Hildyard, esq. 26. In London, William Rowley, esq., nephew of the late Adm. Rowley, to Rosetta, daughter of the late Richard Goddard, esq. 27. At Chippenham, Wilts, George Hayward, esq., of Headingley Hall, near Leeds, to Sophia Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. H. H. Budd, R.N., of Chippenham. 28. At Lurgan, James Thomson, esq., of Belfast, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late W. J. Hancock, esq., Assistant Poor Law Commissioner. 29. At West Charlton, Somersetshire, the Rev. W. T. Caulfeild Browne, M.A., to Jane Catherine Meade, daughter of Thomas Aubrey Gapper, esq., of Touthill House, Wincanton, Somersetshire. At Dolgelly, the Rev. E. W. O. Bridgeman, Vicar of Kinnerley, Salop, son of Adm. Bridgeman, to Lilla Frances, daughter of Richard Richards, csq., of Caerynwch, and Park Crescent, London. - At St. Peter's, Brighton, the Rev. 31. At St. Peter's, Eaton-square, Christopher Freer, esq., of Gloucester Crescent, Hyde Park, to Juliana Elizabeth, daughter of Anselmo de Arroyave, esq., of Palace-gardens, Kensington. DEATHS. 1852. JULY. 15. At her seat, Ashton Court, Somersetshire, aged 83, Mrs. Florence Smyth. This lady was the eldest daughter of Thomas Smyth, esq., of Stapleton, and was heiress of the name and estates of the Smyth family, who have held two baronetcies, both now extinct in default of male heirs. This lady married John Upton, esq., of Ingmire Hall; but on the death of her nephew, Sir John Smyth, the fourth and last baronet of the second creation, resumed her family name; which, with her very large estates, descend to her grandson. It was to the ancestral property of this lady that the impostor Provis laid claim as son of Sir Hugh Smyth; a pretension which gave rise to one of the most extraordinary trials of modern times. [See LAW CASES, in this volume.] SEPTEMBER. 27. Near KuKa, in Central Africa, in his thirtieth year, the enterprising traveller and naturalist Dr. Overweg. He was engaged with Dr. Barth in exploring the central regions of Africa. The expedition had penetrated to the Great Lake Tchad, which large inland water Dr. Overweg was the first European to navigate, and near the shores of which he is buried. NOVEMBER. 4. At Copswood, co. Limerick, James Caulfeild, esq., Major General in the East Indian Army, a Director of the East India Company, and M.P. for was deAbingdon. Gen. Caulfeild scended from the noble family of Char DEATHS.-Nov., 1852. 66 lemont, and was the eighth son of John Archdeacon of Kilmone, and his wife Euphenie Gordon, grand-daughter of William, sixth Viscount Kenmure. He was born in Ireland, 1785, received a cadetship in 1798, and arrived in India 1799. In June, 1800, he was posted to the 5th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry, in which he became Lieutenant in 1805. In 1809 he came to England on sick leave, returning to India in 1812, when he was appointed to the Governor-General's Body Guard; he attained the rank of Captain in the 5th Cavalry in 1818, and during the Pindarree war, commanded a detached squadron of his corps which "attacked a body of the enemy more than ten times their number." The " conspicuous gallantry displayed by this squadron in this almost unparalleled exertion, was highly eulogised by the Government in a general order, as well as the promptitude and judgment evinced by Captain Caulfeild in the pursuit." This "brilliant exploit" was described by the then Governor-General, the Marquis Hastings, as "fashioned by fortune to show what a small body of troops could do when properly commanded;" Lord Hastings at the same time recommending Capt. Caulfeild to the home authorities for the brevet rank of Major, or the distinction of the Bath, neither of which, however, was conferred. 1817 he was at the battle of Mahidpore, and for his conduct received the thanks of Sir John Malcolm, commanding a division of the army. In 1818 he was at the attack of the fortified town of Jowd, and received the thanks of Sir Thomas Brown, commanding. In 1819 he was at the siege and fall of Asseerghur, and received the thanks of Sir John Malcolm, who expressed "his gratitude for the valuable aid given him by Capt. Caulfeild on this as on many other occasions." In 1819 he was nominated First Assistant to the Resident at Indore; and in 1822, political agent at Harrowti, upon which occasion the Governor-General commended "the talents, temper, and judgment exhibited by Capt. Caulfeild in all his political charges." In 1825 he became major, and lieutenant-colonel in 1829, when he again revisited Europe on sick leave; the GovernorGeneral (Lord Amherst) in Council conveying to him "his sense of the public benefit derived from his able In and zealous discharge of the duties entrusted to his care." In 1832 he was created a C.B., and in 1834 obtained the brevet rank of colonel. In the following year he returned to India. In 1839 he was appointed by Lord Auckland to the high post of Resident at the Court of Oude, "in consideration of the distinguished character he bore in the service." Soon after (1841) he quitted India, having received the recorded approbation of every Government under which he had served throughout an active, arduous, and lengthened period of 40 years. In 1841 he attained the rank of major-general. In April, 1848, he was elected a Director of the East India Company, on that occasion obtaining the highest number of votes ever given to a candidate. In 1845, and again in 1847, he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Abingdon with Sir F. Thesiger, polling, on the last occasion, within one of his antagonist. At the late general election he was returned for that borough. Gen. Caulfeild wrote several pamphlets of a political character. His Letters on the Affghan War," published in 1838, 1839, 1840, "attracted a good deal of attention," and were thus noticed by the Morning Herald: "The sagacity displayed by the writer, in anticipating the great results of the disastrous combinations against which he strenuously protested, are most extrordinary. We know nothing more exact, more clearsighted, in the history of political prophecy, of that intelligible power which can really project the future from a comprehensive knowledge of the past, than the views which were propounded in India itself by this distinguished officer." Gen. Caulfeild was an accomplished and elegant Oriental scholar, with a profound knowledge of the customs, manners, laws, and history of our Indian subjects; in his character he was firm, ingenuous, and independent. 66 13. At Calcutta, aged 39, by Asiatic cholera, Comm. James Henry Bridges, R.N. This officer was the third son of Sir Henry Bridges, of Beddington, Surrey. He commenced his career at the age of 12 years, in the Ariadne, 28, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, under the immediate patronage of King William IV. As a midshipman and lieutenant he was constantly engaged in various parts of the world, DEATHS.-Nov., Dec., 1852. and as gunnery lieutenant of the Thunderer, 84, Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley, in the year 1840, he assisted in all the operations of the Syrian campaign, the bombardment of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon, and the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, and received, with the other officers engaged, an English and Turkish medal. In the Columbine, 16, he distinguished himself in 1849 in a successful effort to put down the pirates on the coast of China, particularly on one occasion, when he commanded a boat which gallantly attacked and boarded a Chinese junk. Soon after his return home in 1850 he was promoted to the rank of commander. Upon attaining this step, he devoted himself for a year to the study of steam at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and then, unwilling to be without employment, he accepted the appointment offered to him of Admiralty agent. 25. At Rackley, Portishead, near Bristol, aged 78, Rear-Adm. John Cookesley. He entered the navy in 1791. In 1801, with the rank of lieutenant, he accompanied the expedition to Egypt, where he commanded a gunboat on the Nile, and fought some of the enemy's batteries; for which services he received the Turkish gold medal. In 1803 he was first lieutenant of the Zebra bomb, employed in the bombardment of Havre; and in 1805, of the Constant, 24, at the blockade of the Elbe. In 1809 he was senior lieutenant of the Gibraltar, 80, when Lord Gambier made his attack on the French squadron in the Basque Roads. On that occasion Mr. Cookesley enacted a very conspicuous part as commander of one of the five successful fire-vessels, and behaved with so much gallantry and judgment that he compelled two of the enemy's line-of-battle ships, la Ville de Varsovie and l'Aquilon, to cut their cables and run on shore, where they were soon afterwards destroyed. In acknowledgment of this success, the First Lord of the Admiralty gave Mr. Cookesley a commander's commission, bearing date the day of the action, and otherwise promoted the whole of his crew, seven in number. He was afterwards much employed. DECEMBER. 27. At Bengara, New South Wales, aged 42, the Hon. Thomas Montolieu Murray, third son of Alexander, eighth and late Baron Elibank. 31. At Peckham, aged 86, Lieut. Michael Fitton, R.N., one of the lieutenants of Greenwich Hospital. Lieut. Fitton entered the navy in June, 1780, and in the Vestal, 28, was present at the capture of the Phoenix, a heavy privateer, and of an American packet, which had on board Mr. Laurens, exPresident of Congress, who was proceeding to Holland with a secret treaty of alliance with the Dutch. Mr. Fitton, who was employed in furling the foretop-gallant sail, observed, shortly before the capture of the ship, what he sup posed was a man overboard, and on his reporting it immediately, the object was recovered, which proved to be a bag containing this treaty. A declaration of war against the Dutch, and the immediate sweeping of their vessels from the sea, were the momentous results of Mr. Fitton's quickness of observation. Subsequently, in several ships, he took part in many of the scenes of the American war, and also at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, as aide-de-camp to his captain. While in command of a tender to the Abergavenny, 54, he fought more than one gallant action with Spanish and French privateers. On the 23rd of January, 1801, being on a cruise in the Spanish main, in command of a small felucca, carrying only one long 12-pounder and 44 men, he fell in with a Spanish guardacosta, of six long 6-pounders, 10 swivels, and 60 men; which vessel, having driven her ashore on the island of Varus, he boarded and carried, plunging into the sea and swimming to her, with his sword in his mouth, followed by the greater part of his crew, similarly armed. Notwithstanding these valiant exploits, however, the peace of 1802 left him without either promotion or reward. At the recommencement of hostilities Mr. Fitton was again appointed as an acting lieutenant to the Gipsey, 10, the tender to the Hercule flag-ship at Jamaica. During the ope rations against Curaçoa in 1804, being the only officer in the squadron who had been at the island before, he was assigned the duty of directing its movements. He joined in the attack upon Fort Piscadero; and, upon the enemy being driven out, he landed with a detachment under Commodore Bligh, taking with him the Gipsey's guns, DEATHS.-Dec., 1852, JAN., 1853. which were mounted in battery to annoy the town of Amsterdam. At length, having been sent with despatches to the commander-in-chief, he was confirmed in the rank of lieutenant, March 9, 1804. On the 21st of January, 1805, he attacked one of five privateers which pursued him off Cape Antonio; and on the 26th of October, 1806, having removed into the Pitt, of 12 guns (towards the purchase of which vessel into the service he himself expended the sum of 4007.), he effected the capture, after an arduous chase of 67 hours, of La Superbe, of 14 guns, one of the most formidable privateers that then infested the trade of the West Indies. He soon after received the thanks of the Admiralty, and a 50l. sword from the Patriotic Society; but was unsuccessful in his efforts to obtain an appointment, and remained on halfpay for nearly four years. From 1811 to 1851 he was occasionally employed. He was admitted into Greenwich Hospital on the 20th of April, 1835. 1853. JANUARY. 1. In Old Cavendish-street, aged 84, Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller, bart., G.C.H., of Braywick Lodge, Berks, and of Pope's Villa, Twickenham, Middle sex. He was born on the 6th of October, 1769, the only son of Joshua Phipps, esq., of London, by Mary, only daughter and heir of John Allen, esq., of East Acton, Middlesex, whose mother was Anne, daughter of Thomas Waller, esq., and sister and coheir of James Waller, esq., of Farriers, near High Wycombe. He was educated as a surgeon, and for some years was eminent as an oculist. After his second marriage with the Baroness Howe (daughter and heiress of the celebrated Admiral) in 1812, he assumed the name and arms of Waller only, instead of his own, by royal sign-manual, dated March 7, 1814, in order to mark his descent from that family through his maternal grandmother. He was created a baronet by patent dated May 30, 1815. He was Groom of the Bedchamber to King William the Fourth, who nominated him a Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order in 1832. 1. At Hastings, John Nesbitt, esq., of Oxford-square, London, and Lismore House, co. Cavan, a deputy-lieutenant and justice of the peace for that county. 2. At Boulogne, aged 73, Dominick Browne, esq., of Browne Hall, co. Mayo, a deputy-lieutenant and magistrate of that county, and Lieut.-Col. of the South Mayo Malitia; sheriff of Mayo in 1821. 3. Aubrey Frederick James Beauclerk, esq., formerly 7th Royal Fusiliers, and youngest son of the late Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk, of Winchfield Hants. At Gosport, aged 77, Major-Gen. Peter Brown, formerly of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and recently Commandant of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. In Guernsey, aged 22, Mary, fourth daughter of the late Major-Gen. Sir Octavius Carey, C.B., K.C.H. At Bath, aged 83, Frances, relict of Sir James Leighton, physician to the Emperor and Empress of all the Russias. At Ballymahon, the Right Rev. William O'Higgins, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh. At Novington, near Lewes, aged 73, John Marten Cripps, esq., F.S.A. This gentleman travelled in the East with his tutor, the celebrated Dr. Clarke, and the late Bishop of Chichester, Dr. Otter, and at a great expense collected the leading botanical plants indigenous to the lands through which he travelled, and a large collection of statues and antiquities. On his return with these he temporarily fixed his residence at Lewes, at which time he and Dr. Clarke married two sisters, the Misses Rush. Here he invited most of the leading families of Sussex to inspect his extensive museum, and subsequently made munificent presentations from his collection to the University of Cambridge and other public institutions. Although it was not publicly acknowledged, it was to Mr. Cripps, and his personal expense, that we are indebted for the elaborate account of Dr. Clarke's Travels, which, in fact, were the results of Mr. Cripps' personal investigation, aided by the refined experience of his tutor. 4. At Alnwick, aged 76, Lieut.-Gen. George Burrell, C.B., Colonel of the 39th Foot. This distinguished officer DEATHS.-JAN. was the second son of John Burrell, esq., of Littlehoughton, Northumberland, and entered the army in 1797. He served at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810, and during the war in Canada in 1814 and 1815, having commanded the important post of Fort Major during the winter of that year. He proceeded to the continent of Europe in 1815, but arrived too late for the battle of Waterloo. Having marched to Paris, he remained there until the army of cecupation was formed in December, and returned to England in July, 1816. In 1820 he went to the Mediterranean, where he held the civil and military command of Paxo, one of the Ionian Islands, for five years. In 1836 he went to Ceylon, where he remained till 1840, having been Commandant at Colombo and at Trincomalee during his service in the island, and received the local rank of Major-General in 1837. In May that year he proceeded to China, and commanded the troops at the first capture of Chusan. He was appointed to the government of that island, which, with the command of the troops, he held until February, 1841, when the island was restored by the commissioner of the Government (Capt. Elliot), in consequence of a treaty with the Chinese authorities. This not being ratified, hostilities were renewed, and the Major-General commanded a brigade at the attack on the heights above Canton, which brigade carried and destroyed the Tartar camp under the walls of the city. Gen. Burrell continued to command a brigade in China, until peace was made in July, 1842. He received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his services in China; and, in 1844, Her Majesty was graciously pleased to include him in the list of officers receiving rewards for distinguished services. In 1851 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and in February, 1852, was appointed colonel of the 39th Regt. 5. At Ardimersey Cottage, Islay (where he was on a visit to Robert Langtrey, esq.), aged 37, Nathaniel Alexander, esq., of Glennone House, co. Antrim, late M.P. for that county. At the Manor House, Hampton, Middlesex, the Hon. Maria Catherine, widow of George Francis Barlow, of Wetherby and Sigsworth, esq. At Fredville, aged 89, Charlotte, widow of John Plumptre, esq. 6. At Bath, aged 82, Charlotte, widow of Lieut.-General George Conyngham H.E.I.C.S. 8. At Vevay, in Switzerland, aged 43, Lady Augusta Baring, daughter of the late Earl of Cardigan, and sister to the present Earl. In Upper Eccleston-street, aged 71, Mrs. Watson Taylor, relict of George Watson Taylor, esq., of Erlestoke Park, Wilts. Killed at Pegu, in a night attack by the Burmese, aged 45, Capt. Thomas F. Nicolay, 1st Madras Fusiliers, Brigade Major at Bangalore. 10. At Brighton, aged 84, MajorGen. Lawrence Bradshaw, K.C., late of the 1st Life Guards, and the senior Major-General in the army. In 1793, Capt. Bradshaw joined the expedition against St. Domingo, where he was engaged in various actions, and commanded at St. Marc's and Tiburon, when those posts were attacked by the enemy. He served with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in Ireland during the rebellion. In 1800 he embarked in the expedition for Ferrol, and afterwards proceeded to Gibraltar, where the troops joined the army under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and sailed to Cadiz. The 13th landed in Egypt on the 8th of March,' 1801, and was engaged in the actions of the 15th and 21st of that month. Col. Bradshaw remained in Egypt until ordered home on account of ill health. In 1806 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry, of which he continued member until its termination in 1812. He received the gold medal for Egypt, and the silver war medal with one clasp. a Aged 26, Walter Scott Lockhart Scott, esq., of Abbotsford, Roxburghshire, only son of Mr. Lockhart, and grandson of Sir Walter Scott. The only descendant of the great novelist now living is Mr. Lockhart's only surviving child, Mrs. Hope. At Oxenfoord Castle, aged 82, the Right Hon. John Hamilton Dalrymple, eighth Earl of Stair, Viscount Dalrymple and Baron Newliston (1703), Viscount Stair, Baron Glenluce and Stranraer (1690), a Baronet (1664 and 1698), Baron Oxenfoord in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1841), K.T., a General in the army, and Colonel of the 46th Foot. This venerable and excellent nobleman was born in Edinburgh in |