GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

May 18. Thomas Jas. Tatham, of Bedfordplace, gent. to be an Assistant Commissioner of Tithes.

May 19. Sir John James Garbett Walsham, Bart, to discontinue the name of Garbett.

May 20. G. P. R. James, esq. to be Historiographer to the King.-Robert Keate, esq. Surgeon to his Majesty's person, to be also one of his Majesty's Principal Serjeant Surgeons in ordinary.

May 22. Sir Francis Bond Head, Knt. to be a Bart.

May 26. H. D. Fraser, esq. to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at Buenos Ayres.Philip Griffith, esq. to be Secretary to the Legation at Greece.-Scot's Fusileers, Lieut. and Capt. C.B. Phipps, to be Capt. and Lieut.Col. 20th Foot, Major W. N. Hutchinson, to be Major.-76th Foot, Major G. H. Dansey, to be Major.-Brevet, Major G. H. Dansey, to be Lt.-Col.

May 30. Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir R. H. Vivian, Bart. K.C.B. to be G.C.B.

May 31. John Richards, of Kirkland, in Kirby Kendal, esq. and Rob. Henry Machel Michaelson, of St. John's coll. Camb. gent. in compliance with the will of Anthony Yeates, of Kirkland, esq. each to take the surnames of Yeates.

June 1. Dr. Wm. Fred. Chambers, to be one of his Majesty's Physicians in ordinary.Knighted, Chas. Aug. FitzRoy, esq. Lieut.Governor of Prince Edward Island.

June 2. Major-Gen. W. Johnston, to be K.C.B.-14th Foot, Lt.-Gen. James Watson, to be Colonel.-86th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Arthur Brooke, K.C.B. to be Colonel.-Brevet, to have local rank in Persia,-as Lieut.-Colonels, Capts. Justin Sheil, V. Stoddart, R. Wilbraham; as Majors, Lieuts. G. P. Cameron, G. Woodfall, F. Farrant, E. D. Todd, H. C. Rawlinson, J. Laughten.

Chelsea Hospital, Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. T. Walker, Bart. to be Lieut.-Governor.

Thomas Monypenny, esq. of Hole, in Rolvenden, Kent, Capt. W. Kent Mil. in respect to the memory of Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of Phillips Gybbon, of Hole, and relict of Philip Joddrell, esq. to take the name of Gybbon after Monypenny, and quarter the arms of Gybbon in the second quarter.

June 5. Knighted, by patent, Simon Heward, esq. Chief of the Medical Staff during the Burmese war.

June 9. 62d Foot, Major John Garvock to be Major.-Unattached. Major Henry Cramer, to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. E. W. Drew, to be Major.

Hospital Staff, Donald Macleod, M.D. to be Inspector-General of Hospitals.-James Arthur, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.

June 14. Henry J. Cockburn, esq. to be one of the Lords Justiciary in Scotland, vice Adam Gillies, esq. resigned, who is nominated to perform the duties of the last remaining Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland, now deceased.

June 16. 19th Foot, Capt. Chas. Craufurd Hay, to be Major.-20th Foot, Major C. Cyril Taylor, to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. C. J. Deshon, to be Major.-62d Foot, Capt. Hon. G. Upton, to be Major.

June 26. Sir John Conroy, of Llanbrynmair, co. Montgomery, Knt. created a Baronet. Naval Appointments.-To be Commander, Arthur Wakefield; Comm. James Wilkinson, to the Hazard; Lieut. Chas. Jenkin to command the Romney.

GENT. MAG. VOL. VIII.

Member returned to serve in Parliament. Glasgow.-John Dennistoun, esq.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. W. C. Colton, Baston V. co. Lincoln.
Rev. H. T. Daniel, Tresswell R. Notts.
Rev. A. O. Fitzgerald, Fledborough R. Notts.
Rev. R. Hardie, St. Clement's, Demerara.
Rev. G. C. Hawkins, Pinhoe V. Devon.
Rev. T. Hayne, Rastrick P.C. co. York.
Rev. F. Hele, St. Hempston R. Devon.
Rev. H. W. Hickes, Crauford R. Middlesex.
Rev. H. W. Hockin, St. Stythian's R. Cornw.
Rev. J. S. Henslow, Hitcham R. Suffolk.
Rev. J. Horner, Tathwell V. Lincolnshire.
Rev. G. T. Hudson, West Harptree V. Som.
Rev. C. P. Jones, Frocester V. co. Gloucester.
Rev. A. Kessen, Ch. of Kinloch, Perthshire.
Rev. R. W. Kyle, Darlaston R. Staffordshire.
Rev. C. Killaddock, Lindley P.C. Yorkshire.
Rev. G. Malim, Higham Ferrers V. co. North.
ampton.

Rev. H. J. Maltby, Egglingham V. Northumb.
Rev. J. Mason, West Burton V. Notts.
Rev.- Medlicott, Potterne V. Wilts.
Rev. H. J. Morshead, Kelly R. Devon.
Rev. P. Musgrave, Bottisham V. Cambridgesh.
Rev. H. Newmarsh, Hessel R. Yorkshire.
Rev. O'Brien, Arboe R. Armagh.

Rev. H. O'Neill, St. Ann's R. Lancaster.
Rev. W. H. Parry, Bothel P.C. Northumb.
Rev. J. Phelps, South Benfleet V. Essex.
Rev. P. Poore, Foxcotte P.C. Hants.
Rev. W. P. Purvis, Croscombe R. Somerset.
Rev. P. W. Ray, Greensted-juxta-Ongar R.
Essex.

Rev. J. E. Robinson, Chieveley V. Berks.
Rev. G. Spence, St. Clement's V. Cambridge.
Rev. T. Stanton, St. John's Chapel P.C. Wood-
ford, Essex.

Rev.

--Stenton, Gringley-on-the-Hill V. Rev. W. H. B. Stocker, Horsforth P.C. co. York.

Rev. W. Watson, St. Paul's High Beech P.C.
Essex.

Rev. T. Whately, Chetwynd R. Salop.
Rev. E. Williams, Leafield and Ascott-under-
Wychwood P.CC. Oxford.

CHAPLAINS.

Rev. C. Maxwell, to Lord Ward.

Rev. J. G. Fardell, to the Earl of Courtown. Rev. W. A. Ormsby, to the dowager Countess of Miltown.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. W. A. Osborne, to be Head Master of the
Free Grammar School, Macclesfield.
H. N. Burrows, esq. B.Á. to be Principal, and
G. F. Simpson, esq. B.A. Second Master, of
the new College at Hull.

BIRTHS.

April 10. At Burghley, the Marchioness of Exeter, a dau.-25. At Corfu, the wife of Lieut.-Col. F. H. Dawkins, deputy adjutantgeneral, a dau.

May 13. At Brighton, the Lady Jane Laurence Peel, a dau. -At Milton Ernest, Beds, the wife of the Rev. C. C. Beaty Pownall, a son.-14. At Hopton, the wife of the Rev. E. S. Ensor, a dau. -19. the Countess of Hardwicke, a dau.- -21. In East-square, the wife of Col. D'Oyly, Gren. Guards, a dau. --23. At Mersham Hatch, Lady Knatchbull, a son.-24. In New-st. Spring-gardens, Lady

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Mary Hoare, a dau.- -29. In Chapel-st. Grosvenor-pl. the wife of Edw. Divett, esq. M.P. a son. At Plymouth, the wife of Capt. R. Dickenson, C.B., R.N., a son. At Little Shardeloes, Amersham, the wife of Col. W. Tyrwhitt Drake, a son.-31. At Filleigh House, near Chudleigh, the wife of Capt. J. E. Flint, a son.-31. In Catharine-place, Bath, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Bowyer, C.B. a son.

Lately. At Munich, the Hon. Mrs. T. Lane, a dau.At Tunbridge Wells, Lady Sarah Taylor, a son.-At Sholbrok Lodge, Lady Charles Fitzroy, a son.-At Easton Lodge, the seat of Viscount Maynard, the Hon. Mrs. Capell, a son. At Lewknor vicarage, Oxfordshire, Lady Caroline Garnier, a dau.

June 1. At Gormanston Castle, the wife of the Hon. Edward Preston, a son and heir.2. In Cambridgeshire, the Hon. Mrs. A. Herbert, a dau.-6. In Park-crescent, the Lady of Sir John Kennaway, Bart. a son.-13. In Guildford-st, the wife of Mr. Serg. Andrews, a dau. At Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, the Hon. Mrs. Twistleton, a dau.-19. In Hill-st. the wife of Capt. Nugent, Gren. Guards, a

son.

MARRIAGES.

April 11. At Cheltenham, John, eldest son of Isaac Cookson, esq. of Meldon Park, Northumberland, to Sarah, eldest dau. of the late Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. of Blagdon, Northumberland.-17. At Maidstone, P. R. Hoare, esq. eldest son of P. R. Hoare, esq. of Clayton-hall, Lancashire, to the Lady Sophia Marsham, eldest dau. of the Earl of Romney. -18. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Henry Hall, esq. of Langham-place, and Holbrook-house, Somerset, to the Hon. Catherine Louisa Hood, dau. of the Right Hon. Lord and Lady Bridport.-20. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. A. Morgan, third son of Sir C. Morgan, Bart. of Tredegar, to Frances, second dau. of R. Lascelles, esq. of Upper Grosvenor-st.

May 8. Francis Walsingham St. Barbe, esq. of Lymington, to Augusta, third dau. of W. Towsey, esq. M.D.-16. Át Bideford, Lieut.Col. N. H. Hatherley, E.I.C. to Sarah Anne, eldest dau. of the late G. Heywood, esq.-At Prestwich, Lancashire, the Rev. Geo. Dugard, to Mary, dau. of the late Rev. J. Lyon.-18. At St. Mary's, London, Walter Stevenson Davidson, esq. Park-sq. to Catharine Urania, dau. of the late G. T. Stewart, esq. of Candover House, Hants.At Bath, the Rev. G. B. Paley, Rector of Freckenham, Suff. to Catherine Anne, second dau. of the late W. Robertson, esq. M.D. of Bath.-At Raynham, Norfolk, Lieut. Charles Fitz Roy, R.N., third son of the Hon. Lieut.-Gen. FitzRoy, Kempstone, Norfolk, to Caroline Emily, third dau. of the late Richard Phayre, esq. of Shrewsbury.Northampton, the Rev. G. L. Harvey, son of the late Sir L. Harvey, to Elinor, dau. of the late B. Young, esq. of Walton-on-Thames.At the Hague, the Rev. W. B. Otter, eldest son of the Bishop of Chichester, to Eliz. dau. of Robt. Melvil, esq. Consul al Amsterdam.

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19. At Kew, J. Hubbard, jun. esq. of Stratford, to the Hon. Maria Margaret, eldest dau. of the late Lord Napier.-20. At Kilnasalagh, the Hon. and Rev. Chas. Amgard Harris, youngest son of the Earl of Malmesbury, to Catherine Lucia, dau. of the late Sir Edw. O'Brien, Bart.-At Wanston, Hants, Edw. Hilliard, esq. 10th Hussars, to Mary Anne, only dau. of the late J. Edge, esq.

-23. At

All Soul's, Langham-pl. the Rev. Cha. Verney Shuckburgh, M.A. to Eliza Lucy, youngest dau. of the late John Luard, esq. of Maldon, Essex. At Wells, A. Constantine, to Fanny Henrietta, dau. of the late J. Paine Tudway, esq. M.P.-25. In London, J. G. Smythe,

esq. of Heath Hall, near Wakefield, nephew of the Duke of Grafton, to the Hon. Diana, fifth dau. of the late Right Hon. Lord Macdonald.

At Whitkirke, near Leeds, the Rev. J. G. Fardell, Rector of Spritborough, Yorkshire, to Emma, dau. of the late J. Wilson, esq. of Seacraft, Hull.-30. At Throwley, Kent, Capt. Bridges, R.A. to Jemima Margaret, dau. and heiress of the late John Smith, esq. of Throwley.--At Bathwick, the Rev. G. A. Biedermann, Rector of Dantsey, Wilts, to Selina, relict of Major John Stewart.-31. At Titchfield, John Buchan Hepburn, esq. second son of the late Sir J. B. Hepburn, of Smeaton, Bart. to Margaret Sophia, dau. of A. F. W. Swinton, esq. of Warsash, Hants.

Lately. Edward Conroy, esq. eldest son of Sir John Conroy, to Lady Alicia Parsons, dau. to the Earl of Rosse.

June 1. At Woolborough, Devon, R. F. de Barry Barry, esq. M.D. of Torquay, to Julia Ayshford, 2d dau. of Ayshford Wyse, esq. of Ford House.--At Madron, Cornw. C. Ewbank, esq. of Liverpool, to Louisa Caroline, second dau. of the late Hon. Sir G. Cooper, Knt. Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras.

-At Clifton, James Morrah, esq. of Sloanestreet, to Eliz. dau. of the late Rev. John Pasmore, Rector of St. Just Roseland, Cornwall. --At St, Mary's, Marylebone, W. Lyde Wiggett Chute, esq. of Pickenham Hall, Norfolk, to Martha, dau. of Theos. Russell Buckworth, esq. of Cockley Cley Hall.At St George's, Bloomsbury, H. Harper Burchell, esq. Barrister-at-Law, to Harriet, dau. of the late R. Miles, esq. of Philimore-place, Kensington.

-2. At Trinity Church, the Rev. W. Howard, of Great Witchingham, Norfolk, to Isabella, dau. of T. Hankey, esq. of Portland-place.5. At Cortachy Castle, the Hon. the Master of Arbuthnott, eldest son of the Right Hon. the Viscount of Arbuthnott, to Lady Jane Graham Drummond Ogilvy, eldest dau. of the Earl of Airlie.-T. M. Williams, esq. of Penbedwhall, Denbighshire, to Annabella, dau, and coheiress of the Rev. P. Puleston, D.D. of Pickhill-hall.- -At Old Connell, co. Kildare, the Hon. B. Wodehouse, Capt. of the 8th Hussars, to Fanny, only dau. of Alex. Holmes, esq. Curragh, Kildare.-6. At Westbury, near Clifton, J. Hayward, esq. of Exeter, to Sarah Manningford, the youngest dau. of the late W. Ellerby, esq.- -At Toddington, H. W. Booth, esq. of Turvey Priory, to Augusta Hope, dau. of the late Capt. Ellis, of Tuy Duy, Monmouthshire.-8. At Wamham, Charles Goodwin Bethune, youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Bethune, to Anne Isabella, eldest dau. of the late J. Eversfield, esq. of Den_Park.--At Dover, the Rev. John Puckle, B.A. of Brasennose College, to Anna Maria, eldest dau. of R. Shearman, esq. of Grange House, Kilkenny.--At Dublin, W. Neville Custance, esq. son of Hambleton Custance, esq. of Weston House, Norfolk, to Jane Bland, second dau. of Lieut.-Col. Campbell, 95th regt.-At East Wellow, Hants, Capt. G. Evans, R.N. of Wilton-crescent, Belgrave-sq. to Mary, dau. of Vice-Adm. Giffard.At Salisbury, Capt. W. O. Colt, to Jane, second dau. of the late D. Eyre, esq.10. Át Edinburgh, Arthur Mair, esq. Major 62d regt. to Eliza Harriet, dau. of the late H. Siddons, esq.-12. The Rev. Thomas Simpson, B.A. Vicar of Pannal, Yorkshire, to Anne, third dau. of Mr. Daniel, of Harrogate.-13. At Cheltenham, the Rev. H. Griffiths, to Miss Jane Homes, of Founhope, Herefordshire.14. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. E. Vansittart Neale, esq. to Frances Sarah, dau. of J. W. Farrer, esq. of Ingleborough, co. York.-15. At St. James's, Westminster, Major Armine Mountain, 26th regt. fourth son of the late Bishop of Quebec, to Jane, grand dau. of the late Lord Bishop of Quebec.

LORD LYTTELTON.

May 1. At the mansion of his brother-in-law Earl Spencer, in the Green Park, aged 55, the Right Hon. WilliamHenry Lyttelton, the fifth Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, co. Worcester, (but third of the creation of 1794), third Baron Westcote, of Balamare, co. Longford (1796), and the ninth Baronet (of Frankley, co. Worc. 1618); Lord Lieutenant of the county of Worcester, High Steward of Bewdley, and D.C.L.

His Lordship was born April 3, 1782, the youngest child of William-Henry the first Lord Westcote and first Lord Lyttelton of the creation of 1794, and his only son by his second marriage with Caroline, daughter of John Bristow, of Quiddenham in Norfolk, esq.

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; where he was matriculated as a Commoner Oct. 24, 1798, and was the contemporary of the late Lord Dudley, Lord Ebrington, the late Lord Blessington, Bishop Heber, Professor Wilson, &c. Among these eminent associates he was distinguished not only by his great natural abilities, but his academical learning and knowledge of Greek were considered to be superior to most of his contemporaries. We remember once asking him, how he intended to spend the vacation"I shall read Plato (was the answer) under the oaks of Hagley."

At the appearance of the well-known witty letters of Peter Plymley, in 1807, and before their real author (Sydney Smith) was known, they were attributed at Oxford by some persons of judgment to Mr. Lyttelton. This at least shows the opinion entertained of his abilities.

Mr. Lyttelton naturally became an especial favourite with the Dean (Cyril Jackson), who was delighted with his ready wit, and rewarded his exertions (for no man was more conspicuous in his attention to his studies than Mr. Lyttelton, although he had at the same time no equal in harmless merriment and playful eccentricity) with a Studentship, to which he was appointed in Dec. 1800, but which he vacated at the usual time, by not taking Orders. He graduated B.A. June 17, 1802; M.A. Dec. 13, 1805; and at Lord Grenville's installation in 1810, was complimented with the honorary degree of D.C.L.

Before his marriage, Mr. Lyttelton visited Sicily, and he afterwards travelled in Sweden and Russia. In March 1816, he contested the county of Worcester

with the Hon. W. B. Lygon, and was defeated by a majority of 357; the num-. bers being, for Mr. Lygon, 1502; for Mr. Lyttleton, 1145. He was, however, in the course of the following year, returned for the county, which he continued to represent until 1820.

He spoke in the House occasionally; and once made the declaration that he would never accept office in any subordinate situation. His declaration also of breaking off his political connections or friendship with Sir Francis Burdett, in consequence of the acts which led to the latter's imprisonment in the Tower, will not be forgotten. It was owing to Mr. Lyttelton's exertions that the suppression of lotteries was accomplished, during the Perceval administration.

On the death of his half-brother William-Fulke Lord Lyttelton, Nov. 12, 1828, he succeeded to the peerage; and on the death of Lord Foley, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, May 29, 1833. In 183.. he seconded the address on the King's Speech.

Lord Lyttelton was of a warm-hearted, kind, and generous disposition, of high moral and religious principles, and sincerely esteemed by all who really knew him. We believe that among his attached friends he numbered the Bishop of Landaff, the Bishop of London, Dr. C. P. Burney, and Mr. Petrie.

Lord Lyttelton printed privately in 1836, an account of his interview and conversations with the ex- Emperor Napolcon on board the Northumberland, in company with Lord Lowther. The subjects of conversation were, as may be supposed, of no great moment: but it is interesting to see such a man at such a time, when he had just fallen from the throne of France, when he for ever had dropped the chain by which he had subjugated Europe, and was waiting, as it were, until the winds filled the sails that were to carry him to his solitary and last abode. Mr. Lyttelton's final impression of this fallen grandeur, ended in a laugh!

Lord Lyttelton also printed for private circulation a Catalogue of the Pictures of Hagley; and we believe some Prayers and religious Meditations for the use of his Sons at College.

His Lordship married March 4, 1813, Lady Sarah Spencer, eldest daughter of George-John second and late Earl Spencer, K. G. and sister to the present Earl Spencer a union of sincere affection, and productive of the most perfect do.

mestic happiness. By her Ladyship, who survives him, he has left issue three sons and two daughters: 1. the Hon. CarolineLavinia, born in 1816; 2. the Right Hon. George-William now Lord Lyttelton, born in 1817; he has been educated at the university of Cambridge, where he has lately obtained the Craven Scholarship, and otherwise distinguished himself in his scientific and literary pursuits; 3. the Hon. Spencer, born in 1818; 4. the Hon. William-Henry, born in 1820; and 5. the Hon. Lavinia, born in 1821.

The widow of Thomas second Lord Lyttelton is still living, in her 95th year; having been a widow 58 years.

GENERAL SIR W. MAXWELL, BART. March 16. At Edinburgh, aged 82, Sir William Maxwell, the seventh Baronet, of Calderwood, co. Lanark (1627), a General in the army.

He was the eldest son of Alexander Maxwell, esq. merchant of Leith, (younger brother of Sir William the fifth Baronet), by Mary, daughter of Hugh Clerk, esq. The late distinguished Sir Murray Maxwell, Capt. R. N. was his younger brother.

He was appointed an Ensign in the 20th foot in Sept. 1763, Lieutenant in 1770, and in 1775 Captain in the same regiment, at that time quartered in Ireland. In March 1776 he sailed from Cork in a large detachment of troops for North America, and joined the expedition under Gen. Burgoyne, with which he served during the campaigns of that and the following year. In the action of Freeman's farm, Sept. 19, 1777, the 20th regiment had 102 killed and wounded, out of 280 brought into the field, and a serjeant and 23 privates of this officer's company were killed and wounded, out of 35. After the unfortunate convention of Saratoga, Capt. Maxwell remained a prisoner for six months, when he effected an exchange.

On his return to England in 1778, he found himself Major by purchase of the 80th foot, then under orders for America, with which regiment he returned to New York in June 1779, and served that campaign and part of the next under Sir Henry Clinton. In Dec. 1780, the 80th formed part of an expedition to James river in Virginia, under Brig.-Gen. Arnold, for the purpose of destroying a large military depôt at Richmond, which was effected without loss. He served the following campaign in Virginia, until the troops joined the army from Charles town, under Earl Cornwallis, in 1781, which terminated in the siege of York town by the French and Americans, where, on Lord Cornwallis's capitulation, he again became a prisoner.

After his return to England, Major Maxwell was appointed in Dec. 1782 Lieut.-Colonel of the 91st foot, which regiment was disbanded in June following, on the conclusion of peace. He obtained the rank of Colonel Oct. 1793; Lieut.Colonel of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers Sept. 1794, Major-General 1795, Lieut.-General 1802, Colonel of 3d Royal Veteran battalion 1807, and full General 1812.

General Maxwell succeeded to the title of Baronet on the death of his cousin Sir William Maxwell, the sixth Baronet, in 1830. He married Isabella, daughter and heiress of Henry Wilson, esq. of Newbottle, co. Durham, and had issue four

sons.

SIR D. W. SMITH, BART.

May 9. At Alnwick, in his 73d year, Sir David William Smith, of Pickering in Upper Canada, and of Preston, co. Northumberland, Bart.

He was born Sept. 4, 1764, the only child of John Smith, sometime of Salisbury, esq. Lieut.-Colonel of the fifth foot, who died commandant of the fortress of Niagara in Canada in 1795, by Anne, daughter of William Waylen, of Rowde hill and Devises, co. Wilts. esq. At an early age he was appointed an Ensign in his father's regiment, in which he subsequently attained the rank of Captain. Afterwards, he was called to the bar in the province of Upper Canada, with precedence as Deputy Judge Advocate; and was appointed Surveyor-general of lands, also one of the Trustees for the Six Nations, and one of the Executive Council, and of the Committee for administering the government in the Governor's absence; a member of the three first Canadian Parliaments, and Speaker of the House of Assembly in two of them. For these public services he was created a Baronet by patent dated Aug. 30, 1821.

The consummate ability with which he has for a long period administered the affairs of the Duke of Northumberland in the county of Northumberland, is well known; the kindness and warm-hearted generosity of his character, united with the manners of a high-minded English gentleman, endeared him to all who had the honour of his acquaintance, and will cause him to be long remembered with deep regret in the neighbourhood of Alnwick, where his death has caused a blank which will not be readily filled.

Sir David Smith was twice married; first, on the 3d Nov. 1788, to Anne, daughter of John O'Reilly, of Ballykil.. christ, co. Longford, esq. and by that lady, who died in 1798, he had issue eight

children, three of whom died young; one son, David-William, of H. M.'s frigate Spartan, was killed at Quiberon in 1811; and three daughters survive, MaryElizabeth, married in 1814 to Charles Tyler, esq.; Sarah; and Anne.

Sir David married secondly in 1803, Mary, youngest daughter of John Tyler, of Devises, banker, who survives him, with one daughter, Hannah.

GENERAL SIR R. BLAIR, K. C.B. Lately. At Harley house, Bath, in his 83d year, Sir Robert Blair, K. C.B. a General on the East India Company's Bengal establishment.

He was appointed to an ensigncy in 1773, and served in that rank with the first European regiment of infantry. In 1777 he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, and from that time to 1782 served with the army in Surat, being present in all the various actions that took place. Having attained a captaincy in March 1781, he was in June of the following year sent to Calcutta with letters of recommendation from Brig.-Gen. Goddard, and in consequence obtained the command of a battalion of sepoys. In 1786 he was appointed Aide-de-camp to Col. William Blair, then commanding the army of the Dooaub, and he continued in the field until 1788, when that officer returned to Europe; after which Capt. Blair joined his corps, and served with it in various stations. He obtained the brevet of Major in 1794, that of Lieut.- Colonel in 1798, and was appointed Commandant of the first battalion of the 2d Native Infantry.

On

In 1802, the Commander-in-chief of all India, Lord Lake, was pleased to select Lieut. Col. Blair to command the army assembled to reduce the refractory Rajah of Sasnee, and take his strong fortress of that name in the Dooaub, which, after a seige of some weeks, was evacuated. the commencement of the Mahratta war, in Aug. 1803, he joined Lord Lake's army, and with his regiment was present in the battle fought on the 29th of that month, near Allyghur, which terminated in the defeat of the enemy's army commanded by Gen. Perron, a French officer in the service of Mhadajee Scindia.

In September 1803, Lieut.-Colonel Blair commanded his regiment in the glorious battle of Delhi, where it distinguished itself by a most steady and gallant advance to the charge against the enemy, who were defeated with the loss of the whole of their artillery, &c. In Oct. 1803, Lieut.- Col. Blair commanded his corps at the seige of Agra, and, on that fortress capitulating, Lord Lake selected him for the command of that garrison,

and the important charge of the newlyconquered districts. In a very short time, by his zealous and indefatigable exertions, he not only tranquillized the inhabitants, but succeeded in collecting large sums of the revenues, which were forwarded to the army, and greatly facilitated the general arrangements of the commander in chief, who was pleased, on several occasions, to express his thanks.

The 27th March, 1804, he obtained the rank of Colonel.

After the conclusion of the Mahratta war, Col. Blair marched with his regiment to the presidency in 1806, and was ap. pointed, in 1808, to the command of Cuttack. In 1809, the Supreme Government in India selected him to command the army assembled at Cuttack, and destined to proceed to the Carnatic, at the time of the unhappy state of affairs in that country. He marched in the height of the rainy season, when that country was under water; but happily the public situation of affairs became so changed that the service did not require their proceeding much beyond Juggernaut.

The 25th June 1810, Col. Blair obtained the rank of Major-General. In 1812, he was placed on the Staff of the Bengal army, and appointed to command in Fort William and the military division of the districts connected with Calcutta.

In 1817, on being relieved from the Staff, Major-General Blair returned to England; in 1819 he obtained the rank of Lieut.-General, and subsequently that of General. He was nominated a Knight Companion of the Bath in 1815.

CARDINAL WELD.

April 10. At his palace at Rome, aged 63, his Eminence Thomas Weld, Cardinal of the Church of Rome; brother-in-law to Lord Stourton, and fatherin-law of Lord de Clifford.

He was born Jan. 22, 1773, the eldest son of Thomas Weld, esq. of Lulworth castle, Dorsetshire, who was the founder of the Roman Cutholic college at Stoneyhurst in Lancashire. His mother was Mary, eldest daughter of Sir John Stanley Massey-Stanley, Bart. of Hooton. He resided for many years at Clifton, near Bristol. He succeeded to his ancestral estates on the death of his father in 1810; but after the decease of his wife, in 1815, he took holy orders in the church of Rome, and some years after was consecrated coadjutor Bishop of Canada. Having accompanied to Rome his daughter Lady de Clifford, who went to Italy for her health, he received in 1829 the extraordinary mark of the favour of Pope Pius VIII. in being elevated to