BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. of a son. May 26th. At Oakville, the Lady of Capt. M. H. Herbert, R. N. of a son. May 29th. At East Looe, the Lady of Lieut. Gill, R. N. of a son. May 30th. The Lady of J. Elliott, Esq. Purser R. N. of a daughter. At Exeter, the Lady of Capt. Truscott, R.N. of a daughter. The Lady of Colonel Freemantle, of the Coldstream Guards, of a daughter, still-born. At Athlone, the Lady of Dr. Williams, 68th Regiment, of a son. June 5th. At Bath, the Lady of Capt. Seton, of the 5th Dragoon Guards, of a son. June 6th. At Overton House, near Bandon, the Lady of Lieut.-Colonel St. John Clerke, of a daughter. In Cork, the Lady of Jonathan Croft, Esq. Medical Staff, of a son. Elizabeth, only daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Gillman, of Clancoole, late of the 81st Regiment. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square, Capt. John Davidson, of the 2nd Life Guards, to Augusta Catherine, second daughter of Mr. and Lady Sarah 'Bayly. At Anthony, Lieut. J. Kemp, R. N. to Susan'nah, daughter of J. Pryn, Esq. H. M. Customs, Fowey. 1 June 7th. At Daviot House, Invernesshire, Capt. Angus Macintyre, late of 41st Regiment, to Margaret, daughter of the Hon. Angus Mackintosh, of Mackintosh, Capt. of Clanchattan, &c. &c. June 7th. At Laura Church, near Birr, Lieut. E. Evans, 38th Regiment, to Eliza, daughter of Thomas Antisell, Esq. Sraduff House. June 7th. At Merstham, Surrey, John Hennen, Esq. M. D. of the Royal Military Asylum, to Miss Phillips, of Hill Lodge, near Winchester. June 9th. At Bath, Capt. Ellis, of the 4th Light Dragoons, eldest son of the late Colonel Ellis, of .the 25th Light Dragoons, to Eliza Georgiana, eldest At Hounslow, the Lady of Lieut. Robert Cooke, daughter of Colonel J. L. Richardson, of the Benof the 9th Lancers, of a son. June 16th. At Long Hill Cottage, near Weymouth, the Lady of Capt. R. Douglas, R. N. Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard, of a son. At Milford, the Lady of J. Williams, Esq. Pur ser R. N. of a son. At Tivoli Gardens, Cork, the Lady of Lieut.Colonel Day, of a daughter. June 23rd. At Blackbrook Cottage, near Fareham, the Lady of G. T. M. Purvis, R.N. of a son. MARRIED. Jan. 1st. At Kundy, Ceylon, Lieut. M'Intyre, 78th Highlanders, to Eliza, daughter of James Hadden, Esq. of Persley, Lord Provost of Aberdeen. May 7th. At Malta, Lieut. the Right Hon. the Earl of Rothes, of the Royal Fusileers, of Rothes Castle, Elginshire, and Leslie Castle, Fifeshire, to Louisa, third daughter of Colonel Anderson Morshead, of Widey Court, in the county of Devon, commanding Royal Engineer at Malta. May 19th. At Carlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, Capt. Drummond, late of the 93rd Highlanders, heir presumptive to the Earldom of Melfort, in Scotland, (should his Majesty be pleased to restore that title,) to the Baroness Albertine de Rotberg-Kheinweiler, widow of the late Gen. Count Rapp, Peer of France. May 19th. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Lieut. R. B. Cotgrave, R.N. to Emily Henrietta, youngest daughter of R. Ellis, Esq. of Torrington-square. May 24th. At Brighton, Lieut. George Burroughs, R. A. to Selina, eldest daughter of the late Colonel Childers, 11th Light Dragoons, and of Cantley, county of York, June 1st. At St. Margaret's, Westminster, Lieut. G. Mason, R. N. to Ann, eldest daughter of W. Whitehead, Esq. of Teynham, Kent. The bride was given away by Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. June 2nd. At Hythe, Kent, Robert Marshall, Esq. M. D. Surgeon R. N. to Sarah, eldest daughter of D. Major, Esq. of that place. At Brinny Church, County Cork, Capt. the Hon. William Smyth Bernard, half-pay, 1st Dragoon Guards, brother of the Earl of Bandon, to gal Service. June, 10th. At St. Mary's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. G. Kelly, Edward Josias Bulteel, Esq. Surgeon to his Majesty's Forces, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late David Kelly, Esq. of Sligo. June 14th. At Kilmallock Church,' County Limerick, Capt. King, late 7th Hussars, nephew to •Earl Kingsston, to Miss Coote, daughter of Chidley Coote, of Mount-Coote, in that County, Esq. At St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Capt. M. Carmichael Smyth, Madras Light Cavalry, to Marianne Henry, youngest daughter of the late Alderman Hutton, of Dublin. June 16th. At St. Mary's Church, St. Mary-lebone, Lieut. H. E. Beville, 5th Dragoon Guards, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of G. N. Thompson, Esq. of Chapel Street, Grosvenor Place. June 18th. At St. George's Hanover Square, Robert Marsh Westmacott, Esq. Capt. in the 98th Regiment, and second son of Richard Westmacott, Esq. to. Louisa Marian, eldest daughter of the late Rev. George Plummer, Rector of North Hill, County of Cornwall. June 21st. At Waterfall Church, Lieut. Charles Lee, 77th Regiment, to Emma, daughter of Thomas Austin, of Waterfall, Esq. At Alton Church, Hants, Capt. S. B. Haines, Royal Navy, to Miss Mary Stanley, daughter of George Sauley, Esq. of Anstey, near Alton, Hants June 23rd. At Woodmancote, Sussex, R. Redmond Caton, Grenadier Guards, eldest son of the Rev. R. B. Caton, of York Street, Portman Square, and of Binbrook, Lincolnshire, to Anna Maria, only daughter of the Rev. John Bideout, Rector of Woodmancote, and grand-daughter of the late Sir Harry Goring, Bart. DEATHS. Colonel the Earl of Lisburne, late Sheffield Regiment. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. April 27th, 1831. Lapslie, h. p. 39th Foot. May 6th. At Bishops Stortford, Wilby, h. p. 31st Foot. CAPTAINS. Macdonell, 10th Dragoons. Oct. 28th, 1830. At Moreton Bay, New South Wales, Logan, 57th Foot, killed by the Aborigines. Feb. 8th, 1831. At Downie House, Argylshire, Clerk, h. p. 27th Foot. March 31st. At Malta, Patullo, Royal Artillery. April 26th. Affleck, h. p. Independents. LIEUTENANTS. Dec. 26th, 1830. Bradshaw, h. p. 104th Foot. Feb. 7th, 1831. Milne, h. p. 42nd Foot. April 23rd. Little, h. p. 46th Foot. April 27th. 92nd Foot. At Nealing, Lincolnshire, Loft, May 3rd. Gormon, h. p. 41st Foot. May 13th. At Shannon- Bridge, Athlone, King, 68th Foot. ENSIGNS. April. Liston, 81st Foot. Lost on passage home from Bermuda, on board the brig Bulow. May 4th. Moore, h. p. 71st Foot. QUARTER-MASTERS. Nicholson, 17th Dragoons. March 15th. At Hounslow, Body, h. p. 11th Dragoons. March 24th. Tennent, h. p. 19th Dragoons. Jan. 19th. At Hanover, Surg. Neumann, h. p. 6th Line German Legion. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. Jan. 20th. At Sea, Urquhart, 46th Foot. Jan. 2nd. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Gabriel Martindell, K.C.B. commanding the garrison at Buxar, East Indies. Jan. 19th. At Mabableshwur Hills, his Excellency Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith, K.C. B. Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Presidency of Bombay. He was appointed a Lieutenant in the 71st Foot in 1791; Captain 4th August 1794; and Captain in Maningham's Corps of Riflemen, (afterwards the 95th Foot, and Rifle Brigade,) 29th August 1800; Major in 1802; Lieutenant-Colonel in 1803; Colonel in 1811; Major-General in 1814; and Colonel-Commandant in the Rifle Brigade 27th January 1827. He served with much distinction in Spain and Portugal. As Lieutenant-Colonel he served at the battles of Vimiera, Corunna, and Busaco. In 1810 he was appointed to the Staff of the army in Spain, first as a Deputy and next as an AssistantQuarter-Master-General; and he afterwards served as Quarter-Master-General in Canada. For his services he was honoured with the Order of the Bath, and Tower and Sword of Portugal, as a Knight Commander. At Bermuda, Lieut.-Colonel Lloyd, R.A. deeply regretted by his brother officers and a numerous acquaintance at Bermuda. He was buried with military honours at St. George's on the 27th May. At the Isle of Wight, Commander E. Roberts, R.N. aged 55. At Haslar Hóspital, Mr. R. D. Mosberry, Purser R.N. May 17th. At Malta, in the 28th year of his age, Mr. Thomas Douglas Eshelby, Surgeon of, His Majesty's Ship Scylla. May 27th. At Coates, Sussex, Lieut. Thomas King, R.N. aged 22, youngest son of the late John King, Esq. May 28th. After a short but severe illness, in the 74th year of his age, the Right Hon. William Earl of Northesk, Baron Rosehill and Inglismaldie, G.C.B. and LL.D. Admiral of the Red, Rear Admiral of Great Britain. A memoir of this lamented officer will be found in our present number. May 30th. At Chatham, Major W. H. Snowe, of the Royal Marines. The death of this officer was occasioned by a fall from his horse, which took fright and became restive, on the Saturday preceding, at the troops firing a feu de joie, at the review at Chatham, in celebration of his Majesty's birth day. At Limerick, Commander A. C. Stanton, R.N. At Pilton, near Barnstaple, Capt. Richard Pellowe, R. N. He was First-Lieutenant of the Nymph, commanded by Capt. Pellew, now Lord Exmouth, in the action with and capture of the Cleopatra French frigate. At Wiveliscombe, Capt. Henry Hodge, on the Retired List of the Royal Marines. At Cork Barracks, in his 19th year, of dysentery, Cornet Thomas Holme Bankes, 6th Dragoon Guards. In Dublin, Capt. Daniel Hull, in the 72nd year of his age, late of the 12th Royal Veteran Battalion; an officer who had served his King and country with honour and fidelity for 54 years. At Donaghadee, Major Hull, formerly of His Majesty's 62nd Regiment. At Cork, Henry Wrixon, Esq. of Blossomfield, late Captain 16th Light Dragoons. June 5th. Lieut. J. A. Phillips, R. N. son of Capt. Phillips, of Torr House, Devon. He was seized with the cramp while bathing under the Hoe, and was drowned. June 7th. At Widcombe House, near Bath, Capt. Matthew Wrench, R.N. June 11th. At East Wickham, Kent, John Jones, Esq. formerly Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Foot Guards. Lately, on the coast of Africa, Mr. Collins, Master of the Medina. June 15th. At Plymouth, Capt. Thomas Innes, R.N. June 16th. At Woodend, Hampshire, Admiral Sir John Knight, K.C.B. aged 83. A Memoir is given in our prezent Number. June 18th. At his residence, Yates-Court, Kent, Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington, aged 62. A Memoir is given in our present Number. June 19th. After a short illness, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, C. B. R. N. We expect to be enabled to give a Memoir of the services of this distinguished officer in our next Number. He had recently been appointed to the Government of New Brunswick. Lately, Capt. Charles Otter, R.N. At Brambridge House, Twyford, Hants, Lieut.` C. A. Antram, R.N. June 23rd. At Titchfield, after a long illness, Capt. Edward Covey, Royal Engineers, aged 35 years. June 24th. At Porchester, Major Mark, formerly of the 57th Regiment. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, KEPT AT THE OBSERVATORY OF CAPT. W. H. SMYTH, AT BEDFORD. S.W. by W. light br. fine. N.E. very fresh breeze, fine. N.W. bl. a gale, showery. W. by N. light breezes, fine. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. WE this month give an extra half-sheet, in order to introduce a detailed report of the meeting held to establish the NAVAL AND MILITARY LIBRARY AND MUSEum, upon the auspicious foundation of which we are happy to be enabled to congratulate the United Service. Will "Milo," who was evidently an eye-witness of what he describes, authenticate confidentially the details he has been so kind as to communicate, and which, by report, are already familiar to us? Our Correspondent will understand why we are scrupulous when dealing with such a subject. We have done our best for "D.D." We will readily receive "P.'s" proffered communications on "professional subjects." We shall take up the subjects alluded to by "An Observer." We regret having been compelled to defer the communications of " N. C.," " Nauticus," and others. We are compelled to defer the continuation of Dr. Bennett's Narrative of his recent visit to several of the Polynesian Islands till our next. A VOICE FROM THE ARMY. Quæ Regio in Terris nostri non plena laboris ? SINCE the creation of the British Army, there has not occurred a period, at which full justice to the claims of its members has been more imperatively called for, or when circumstances more clearly pointed out its value to the state, and the mischiefs of well-founded discontent on the part of that important branch of the National Force. It is our province to set forth and advocate those claims in general, and in the particular case which now demands our notice, we shall simply appeal to that spirit of justice by which the existing Administration professes to be exclusively actuated. From the earliest ages, Armed Bodies have been of necessity employed to cement or control the discordant elements of society-to protect their native hearths and altars-extend civilization, and speed the intercourse of man, and the interchange of his and Nature's productions, from Pole to Pole. Armies, and we use the term as implying any armed and organized Force, traversing sea and land, were, the founders and the bulwarks of States "Le premier qui fut Roi fut un Soldat heureux," and Valour and Virtue became convertible terms in the language of those who came, saw, and conquered." 66 Nor were the paramount influence and exercise of the Military principle confined to any form of Polity;-it pervaded all-whether Regal or Republican. Interwoven with every Public Institution and sustaining the Social Fabric, Military Service was the first and indispensable duty of every Citizen-Military Virtue his highest distinction and Military Honours his loftiest aspiration. Such were more especially the spirit and the practice of those far-famed Nations who founded Freedom upon a popular basis; but who, overborne by the despotic tendency of democratic Institutions-the other and worst extreme of tyranny-abused and cast down that Idol it was their error to have worshipped under an incompatible form. The standing Army of Great Britain, during the century and a half of its existence, has well supported the high pretensions of its immemorial calling. Brave-faithful-patient-and amenable to strict discipline, the troops of Great Britain have served the cause of their country with constant zeal and progressive improvement, from the days of Blenheim to those of Waterloo. How they bore their part in the great and protracted struggle for national freedom or submission to French tyranny, it were idle to repeat here;-they delivered their fatherland and Europe from the common foe, winning unfading glory and a popularity alike just and enduring. Notwithstanding the occasional buzzing of the political gad-flies who infest and worry the State, the Army and Navy are regarded with pride and respect by the British Nation, to whose substantial interests they minister, and over whose honour and security they watch. Injustice or ingratitude to these indispensable and efficient bodies are, we are confident, utterly repugnant to the great mass of the People, who are enabled by the vigilant and intrepid intervention of the Army and Navy, to apply U. S. JOURN. No. 33. AUGUST 1831. 2 G themselves, in full security, to their respective pursuits, and taste undisturbed the sweets of domestic enjoyment. These observations are introduced, not in an idle spirit of vain-glory or recrimination, but to lead us to the position upon which we base our appeal—namely, that FACTION should in no case be permitted to prejudice the administration or lower the proud spirit and efficiency of the United Services-the twin pillars of the State. In the following remarks we address ourselves more especially to the concerns of the Army, because a measure of injustice towards a class of its members, and through them to the whole, has been recently discussed in Parliament, and decided upon elsewhere;-we allude to the exclusion of military officers from the enjoyment of their professional emoluments when holding civil office, while that indulgence is invidiously permitted to officers of the Sister Service. It has ever occurred to us as passing strange, that "vested rights" which are held "sacred" as regards the non-combatant classes of this investing community, should be deemed non-existent in the Armythat its most important interests and prerogatives should be matters of caprice-while it is subjected to a double code of pains and penalties by distinct laws for its immediate Government. While Europe still resounded with acclamations for the victory of Waterloo-while admiration and gratitude for the services of those who achieved it, and sympathy for the brave men who had fallen, were at their highest in England, his late Majesty, with characteristic benevolence, ordered, as a mark of his satisfaction with the conduct of the British Army, that pensions for wounds or disabilities contracted in the service, should increase with the progressive rank of the officers holding them.* This boon, unsolicited and unexpected, was hailed with twofold enthusiasm and cheering anticipations by the Army. Calculations and arrangements for the future were confidently made— responsibility was incurred--pledges given-and marriages contracted, upon the strength of a provision spontaneously conferred and solemnly guaranteed. Yet within two little years-ere yet the salt of most righteous tears had ceased to scald the cheek of the widow and the orphan-ere those ranks who most needed the boon had time to profit by its operation-the grant was suddenly and recklessly cut off,† and numbers of British officers, who dreamed not of broken faith with those whose stout arms propped the credit of the nation itself, were ruined! We have been told that the sacrifice was demanded by the state of the national finances. While we admit the expediency of reduction at the period in question, we deny the justice of its application in the case we have stated. Why smother the bees that drones might batten on the honey? If economy was a duty, as no doubt it was, there were other quarters in which it might have been exercised with profit to the State, and without ruin or injustice to individuals. But no-the Army, by some perversion of justice and policy, has ever been made the scape-goat of every cuckoo cry for reduction. We will state anon why they should be the very last thus affected. In 1818, the House of Commons, feeling the debt of gratitude which * Dated 31st July 1815. + Dated 30th June and 25th of August 1817. |