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by the preparations of the government and police, their machinations were frustrated. The town of Dewsbury, in Yorkshire, was taken possession of by about 200 men, who remained about three hours, discharging fire arms, but no particular damage was done. At Sheffield the affair was of a much more serious complexion. Information was received that the Chartists intended to fire and pillage the town on Sunday morning at two o'clock. The troops and constables succeeded in taking seven or eight of the ringleaders, but not before one poor man received 14 slugs in his back, three policemen were stabbed, and one shot in the head with two slugs. An immense quantity of fire arms of all descriptions, ball car tridges, iron bullets, hand-grenades, fire balls, daggers, pikes, some 12 or 14 feet long, and swords, were found, together with a great quantity of crowfeet for disabling horses. The ringleaders in this savage affair have been committed to York Castle.

On the evening of Tuesday Jan. 14, communications were made to the Homeoffice that an insurrection was to break out in the metropolis in the course of that night or the following morning-the signal for a general rising to be the setting on fire of London in different parts. Orders were forthwith issued to the several barracks and to the Tower to have the men put under arms, and the police were ordered to be on the alert. A very numerous meeting of the Chartists was held at the Trades' Hall, Abbey Street, Bethnal Green; but they became aware

that the Government was prepared for them. On Thursday night they assembled again, and the room, capable of holding about 700, was crowded to excess. An orator named Spurr was contending that the only way to preserve the peace was to be prepared to wage war, and to bear in mind the words of a celebrated person, to put their trust in God, and keep their powder dry,-when a body of police appeared at the door, and proceeded to search all present before they left the room, and on them, as well as on the floor, they discovered a great variety of daggers, knives, sabres, pistols loaded with ball and primed, and other instruments. Twelve persons were taken to the station-house. After a prolonged investigation at Bow Street, the magistrates disposed of the prisoners on Tuesday the 21st. Charles Hodson Neesom, as the chairman of the two meetings, was required to find sureties, himself in 5007. and two responsible householders, each in the sum of 2507. Richard Spurr and Joseph Williams, (a notorious Chartist baker in Brick-lane,) were directed to find bail, themselves in 1007. and two sureties each in 751. Thomas Rennard, Thomas Hope, and William Wilkins were required to find sureties, themselves in 1007. and two housekeepers in the sum of 501. each; and six other prisoners were discharged on their recognisances in the sum of 100%. each. The six first-named were sent to Newgate to take their trials at the ensuing session of the Central Criminal Court.

PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

Dec. 16. James Ashburner Wilson, only son of the late James Wilson, of Great Bolton, co. Lanc. gent. and grandson of Margaret, sister and coheir of James Ashburner of Kendal, papermaker, to take the names of James Ashburner only.-Comm. C. A. Barlow, R.N. to accept the cross of St. Ferdinando of the first class, conferred by Her Catholic Majesty for services from June 1835 to May 1837.

Dec. 23. Henry Pilkington, Barristerat-Law, to be an assistant Tithe Commissioner.

Dec. 31. 17th Dragoons, Major M. C. D. St. Quentin to be Lieut.-Colonel; brevet Major John Lawrenson to be Major.-Coldstream Guards, Col. W. L. Walton to be Lieut.-Col. ; brevet Col. Geo. Bowles to be Major; Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. Arthur Upton to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col.-50th Foot, Gen. Sir Geo. T. Walker, Bart. G.C.B. to be Col.-52nd Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B. to be Col. 99th Foot, Major-Gen. Sir Hugh

Gough, K.C.B. to be Colonel.-Rifle Brigade, Capt. George Buller to be Major.-Unattached, Capt. G. C. Mundy, 43d Foot, to be Major.

Jan. 3. George Earl of Clarendon sworn of the Privy Council.

Jan. 7. Lt.-Gen. Sir Lionel Smith, Bart. and K.C.B. to be Governor and Commanderin-Chief of the Island of Mauritius.

Jan. 10. The Queen has been pleased to constitute a Board of Commissioners for superintending the sale and settlement of waste lands of the Crown in the British Colonies, and the conveyance of Emigrants thither, under the title of "The Colonial Land and Emigration Board;" and to appoint Thomas Frederick Elliot and Robert Torrens, esqrs. and the Hon. Edw. E. Villiers, to be the Commissioners.-Robert Torrens, and T. F. Elliot, esqrs. and the Hon. E. E. Villiers, to be also "the Colonization Commissioners of South Australia."

Jan. 10. 14th Foot, Capt. James Watson to

be Major.-Unattached, Capt. L. M. Cooper, from 11th Light Dragoons, to be Major.

Jan. 15. George Lord Kinnaird sworn of the Privy Council.-George Earl of Clarendon sworn Keeper of the Privy Seal.-Sir William Trelawny, Bart. sworn Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall.

Jan. 15. Thomas Fitzherbert Brockholes, of Cloughton-hall, esq. to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster.

Jan. 17. 80th Foot, Capt. Samuel Lettsom to be Major.

Jan. 21. Major-Gen. Sir Willoughby Cotton, K.C.B. to be G.C.B.

Jan. 24. Coldstream Guards, Lieut. and Capt. Frederick Paget to be Capt. and Lieut.Col.-Scots' Fusilier Guards, Lieut. and Capt. George Moncrieffe to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col.

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ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Dr. James Bowstead, (Bishop of Sodor and Man,) to be Bishop of Lichfield.

Rev. H. Pepys, to be Bp. of Sodor and Man.
Rev. John Rawes to be a Minor Canon of
Bristol.

Rev. C. A. Arnold, Langho P.C. Lanc.
Rev. J. Barney, Charlton-Adam V. Som.
Rev. Bayley, Ackworth R. Yorkshire.
Rev. T. Berney, Hockering-with-Mattishall-
Bergh R. Norfolk.

Rev. A. Browne, Affane V. co. Lismore.
Rev. T. B. L. Browne, Flint P.C.

Rev. L. A. Cliff, Thorn Falcon R. Som.
Rev. J. Coghlan, Bethnal Green New Church.
Rev. T. B. Coney, Pucklechurch V. Glouc.
Rev. J. Dodd, Hampton Poyle R. Oxon.
Rev. J. Dovell, Martinhoe Ř. Devon.
Rev. J. W. Edwards, Baddeley R. Cheshire.
Rev. Garrett, Bruton P.C. Som.

Rev. J. W. Geldart, Kirk Deighton R. York.
Rev. J. D. Giles, Skendleby V. Linc.

Rev. H. Gubbins, Clonelty and Clonnegh RR. co. Limerick.

Rev. W. Gurney, Lightcliffe P.C. York.
Rev. W. S. Hadley, Isle Brewer's V. Som.
Rev. A. Hewlett, Astley P.C. Lanc.

Rev. F. Hildyard, Swannington with Wooddalling R. Norf.

Rev. J. Hullett, Upton P.C. Cheshire.
Rev. Josiah James, Dore Abbey R. Heref.
Rev. F. M. Knollis, Congerstone R. Leic.
Rev. A. W. Langton, Little Fransham R. Norf.
Rev. E. S. Lewis, Southease R. Sussex.
Rev. T. Massey, Hatcliffe R. Linc.
Rev. E. Moore, Whitchurch R. Oxon.
Rev. H. I. Nicholson, Great Paxton V. Hunts.
Rev. W. Pigott, Oakley V. Bucks.
Rev. E. Rimell, Marystow V. Devon.
Rev. J. Rose, Dowland P.C. Devon.
Rev. W. Scott, Christchurch, Hoxton, P.C.
Middlesex.

Rev. Skrimsher, St. Andrew's, Hertford R.
Rev. T. Stoneham, Ketley P.C. Salop.
Rev. W. Thorpe, Wookey V. Som.
Rev. G. T. Turner, Kettleborough St. Andrew
R. Suffolk.

Rev. F. P. Walton, Ainderby V. York.
Rev. P. J. Watherston, Charlton Horethorne
V. Somersetshire.

Rev. W. M. Williams, Halkin R. Flint.
Rev. G. Wray, Leven R. York.

Rev. Wrightson, Hemsworth V. York.

CHAPLAINS.

Rev. J. Custance to the dow. Lady Suffield.
Rev. D. Rowlands to the Earl of Gosford.
Rev. W. D. Veitch to the Marquis of Bute.
Rev. H. W. Wright to the Northern Asylum
of the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb at
Newcastle.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Wm. Gurdon, esq. to be Recorder of Bury St. Edmund's.

Sir George Carroll, Knt. elected an Alderman of London, vice Birch, resigned.

The Rev. Miles Atkinson to be Principal of the Gloucester Training and Commercial School.

Rev. F. N. Highmore to be Head Master of Burnley Free Grammar School.

Rev. G. T. Terry, Head Master of Thornton Grammar School.

Rev. J. Dunningham, Master of Colchester Grammar School.

Rev. J. Nalson, Master of Rotherham Grammar School.

Rev. C. C. Roberts, to be fourth Master of St. Paul's School, London.

BIRTHS.

Nov. 13. The wife of John Booth, esq. of Glendon Hall, Northamptonshire, a dau.

Dec. 4. In Upper Grosvenor-st. the wife of J. W. Hogg, esq. M.P. a son.-20. At Lewknor vicarage, Lady Caroline Garnier, a son.At Pickenham Hall, the wife of W. L. W. Chute, esq. M.P. for West Norfolk, a son.21. At Clifton, the wife of S. T. Cuthbert, esq. a son and heir.-26. At Calke abbey, the lady of Sir G. Crewe, Bart. a dau.

Lately. At Naples, the Marchioness of Sligo, a dau.-In Dorset-square, the wife of the Hon. Wm. Stourton, a dau.-At Trematon-hall, Cornwall, the wife of Capt. J. Jervis Tucker, Royal Navy, a dau.-At Rickmansworth, Herts, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Bradford, a son. At Capernway-hall, Lancashire, the wife of Geo. Marton, esq. M.P. a son and heir. Jan. 1. At Bath, the lady of Sir W. S. R. Cockburn, Bart. a dau. -The wife of the Rev. W. J. Brodrick, Rector of Bath, a son. 3. In Belgrave-sq. the Hon. Mrs. Saunder

son, a son. At the rectory, Yeovilton, the wife of the Rev. Reginald Pole, a dau.- 5. In Portland-pl. Lady Teignmouth, a son and heir.

-6. At East Horsley rectory, the lady of the Hon. and Rev. A. P. Perceval, a son.-9. At Baron's Court, co. Tyrone, the Marchioness of Abercorn, a dau.- -At Afton house, I. W. the wife of Benj. Cotton, esq. a son and heir.

-11. In Devonshire-place the wife of Edw. Selby Lowndes, esq. a son.-13. At Shirley, near Southampton, the wife of B. W. Greenfield, esq. a son and dau.-At the Dowager Lady Arundell's, the Hon. Mrs. Neave, a dau.17. In Upper Harley-st. the Lady A. Bevan,

a son.

MARRIAGES.

Oct. 29. At Blair Drummond, Lord Glenlyon to Miss Home Drummond.

Nov. 12. At Bhooj, Lieut. J. P. Major, 11th Inf., Bombay, to Cecilia, youngest dau. of James Burnes, esq. Montrose, and sister of Lieut.-Col. Sir Alexander Burnes, Resident at Candahar.

21. At St. George's, Han.-sq. Wm. J. Ferguson, esq. second son of the Rev. Dan. F. Rector of Walkington, near Beverley, to Harriet Foster, youngest dau. of the late William Hendry, esq. of Hull.

26. At Bossall, York, Christopher W. C. Chaytor, esq. of Spennithorne Hall, to Arabella-Sophia, younger dau. of Henry Darley, esq. of Aldby Park.

Lately, At Farnham, Samuel, second son of S. Berger, esq. of Upper Homerton, to Ann, only dau. of the late J. Cathcart, esq. of Genock, co. Wigtown.-At Leamington, the Rev. A. W. Gregory, Vicar of Corley, Warw. to Louisa, dau. of Rev. Dr. Russell, Rector of Aughlarher, Fermanagh. At Allhallows Lombard-st. Frederick, son of Rob. Broughton, esq. of the Wandsworth-road, to Eliza-Mary, dau. of Col. W. Moore, and grand-dau. of the late Gen. Hardwicke, of the Lodge, South Lambeth. At Calcutta, Leopold J. H. Grey, esq. Civil Service, eldest surviving son of the late Lord Bishop of Hereford, to Wilhelmina, dau. of the late Matthew Law, esq.-At Berhampore, Wm. Alexander, esq. Civil Service, to Mary Grey, dau. of the late Bishop of Hereford. -At Toronto, the Rev. John M'Caul, LL.D, Principal of Upper Canada college, laté of Dublin, to Emily, dau. of Mr. Justice Jones.

Dec. 3. At Bedfont, R. H. Douglas, esq. to Mary-Selina, dau. of Capt. R. Langslow, of Hatton.- -At St. George's, Hanover-sq. A. Collingridge, esq. H.C.S., to Eliza, youngest dau. of the late A. Lilley, esq. of Cork.At Barkway, Herts, Charles Day, esq. of St. Neot's, to Caroline, youngest dau. of Anthony Jackson, esq. -At Chudleigh, H. T. Clack, esq. of Argyll-pl. London, youngest son of the Rev. T. Clack, Rector of Milton Dalmere, Devon, to Elizabeth, only dau. of C. Kendall, esq.- -The Rev. S. H. Burrows, eldest son of Rev. S. Burrows, Vicar of Highley, Salop, to Sarah-Maria, eldest dau. of the Rev. J. A. Cotton, M.A. Vicar of Ellesmere, Salop.

4. At Hertford, John Green, esq. of Bragbury-end, to Mary, widow of John Brown, esq. of Clapton, and youngest dau. of the late Rev. Edmond Heysham, Rector of Little Munden, Herts. At North Runcton, Norfolk, W. R. Bevan, esq. eldest son of Robert Bevan, esq. of Rougham, Suff. to Sarah, dau. of the late A. Rawlinson, esq.- At Enfield, Capt. Rich. Fawkes, 27th Reg. to Fanny, third dau. of A. Paris, esq. of West Lodge, Herts.- At Dinder, Som. the Rev. Charles Griffith, of Glyn Celyn, co. Brecon, to Frances-Ann, eldest dau. of J. S. Somerville, esq.-At St. Pancras, GENT. MAG. VOL. XIII.

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George Slyth, esq. to Elizabeth, fourth dau. o Mr. George Hummerston, and niece of the late Adm. Scott, of Southampton.- -At Totnes, the Rev. J. W. Burrough, M.A. Vicar of Totnes, to Louisa-Augusta, only surviving dau. of the late John Roper, esq. of Gosport.

5. At Kilnasulagh church, Richard Bassett Wilson, esq. of Cliffe Hall, Yorkshire, to Anne, second dau. of William Fitzgerald, esq. of Adelphi, co. Clare, sister of Lady O'Brien, of Dromoland.At St. Pancras, J. B. Wathen, esq. of Torrington-sq. to Eliza Ashton, only child of the late J. A. Richards, esq. of Moseley, Worc.- -At St. Clement's, Eastcheap, the Rev. Wm. Noble, M.A. of St. John's College, Camb. to Elizabeth, dau. of D. Mackreth, esq.- -At Greenwich, Andrew B. Brandram, esq. to Maria, second dau. of Edmund Read, esq. of Blackheath.-At Aylesbury, Thomas Powditch Jordeson, esq. of Wendover, late of Tynemouth, Northumberland, to Mary-Magdalene, eldest dau. of the late Robert Dell, esq.

-At Thorpe, near Norwich, Henry Bridges Clark, esq. second son of T. T. Clarke, esq. of Swakeleys, Middlesex, to Sophia-Ann, eldest dau. of the Rev. George Stracey, and granddau. of the late Sir Edward Stracey, Bart.

6 At Marple, Cheshire, Charles Bellairs, esq. son of the Rev. Henry Bellairs, of Bedworth, Yorkshire, to Anna-Maria, eldest sister of I. Bradshaw Islewood, esq. of Bradshaw and Marple Hall.

7. At Ditton, near Maidstone, Robt. Wylde, seventh son of John Barrow, esq. of Wedmore, Som., to Sophia, fourth dau. of John Golding, esq. of Ditton-pl.-At St. George's, Han.-sq. Alex. R. Lafone, esq. of Liverpool, to Emily-Fetherstone, eldest dau. of T. Griffin, esq. of Cheltenham.

9. At Abinger, Surrey, M. A. Saurin, esq. youngest son of the late Right Hon. W. Saurin, to Ann-Maria, relict of R. M. Poore, esq. of Coombe, Wilts. At Walcot, Bath, the Rev. Wm. Churchill, of Colleton House, Dors. to Julia-Charlotte-Mackenzie, eldest dau. of Sir Orford Gordon, of Embo House, Sutherlandshire.

10. At Weston-super-Mare, Findlay Anderson, esq. E. I. civil service, Madras, to MaryCharlotte, second dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. C. M. Edwards, 1st Ceylon Reg.-At Stratford-upon-Avon, the Rev. Thomas Davis, of All Saints, Worcester, to Christiana-Maria, fifth dau. of the late Robert Hobbes, esq.

11. At Tunbridge Wells, William Sinclair, esq. eldest son of J. Sinclair, esq. of Holyhill, co. Tyrone, to Sarah, dau. of J. C. Strode, esq. formerly of Shernfold-park, Sussex.At St. Pancras new church, William Marshal, esq. eldest son of the Rev. Wm. Marshal, M.A. of Bath, to Mary-Ann, third dau. of E. H. Baily, esq. R.A. sculptor.

12. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the Hon. Catharine Cavendish, sister to Lord Waterpark.--At St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, J. T. Carbonell, esq. of Regent-st. to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edgar Corrie, esq. of Bedford-sq.- -At Doddingtonhall, Linc. John, only son of B. Bromhead, esq. of Lincoln, to Anne-Fector, youngest dau. of Col. G. R. P. Jarvis.- -At Paris, the Hon. H. R. Curzon, eldest son of Lord Teynham, to Sarah, only surviving child of S. Rudd, esq. of Merrion-lodge, Dublin.-At Pitchcott, Bucks, the Rev. W. W. M'Creight, Vicar of Little Horwood, to Catharine, only surviving dau. of the late Thos. Puckle, esq. of Claphamcommon.--Rev. Jacob Robson, B.D. Incumbent of Tyldesley, Lanc. to Anne, third dau. of the late Wm. Eccles, esq. of Wigan.-At Tottenham, Thomas Orchard. jun. esq. of Finchley, to Caroline, third dau. of the late W. Larken, esq. of Little Hadham.

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17. At Marylebone, Capt. Moyle, 18th Royal Irish, to Marie-Antoinette, dau. of the late J. Swaby, esq. -At Stanton Drew, Joseph Walters Daubeny, esq. son of George Daubeny, esq. of Cote, to Sarah-Anne-Savage, only dau. of the late Daniel Wait, esq. of Belluton, Som.- At Gretna-green, and on Jan 20, at All Hallows, Lombard-st. Thomas John Tylston Pares, esq. of Downing Coll. Camb., and Narborough Hall, Leic. to Harriette, only dau. of Thomas Bermingham, of Galway, Ireland.

-At Ross, Herefordshire, George Strong, esq. M.D. of Hereford, to Charlotte, only surviving child of John Cooke, esq. of the Chase. At Walcot, Bath, Henry John Caldwell, esq only son of Sir John Caldwell, Bart. to Sophia-Louisa, eldest dau. of D. R. Paynter,

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19. At Gloucester, William Jones, esq. of the Sheephouse, near Gloucester, to Frances-Mary, third dau. of the late Rev. Wm. Bayly, D. 'D Vicar of Hartpury.

21. At Marylebone church, Thomas George Symons, esq. 4th Drag. Guards, to MaryLouisa, only child of B H. Symons, esq. of Baker-st.--At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Charles Augustus Elderton, esq. eldest son of Lt.-Col. Elderton, E. I. Service, to MariaTheresa, eldest dau. of the late Bury Hutchinson, esq.

26. At Almondsbury, Glouc. Robert Cann Lippincott, esq. of Over-court, to MargaretAgnes, youngest dau. of Mr. Serj. Ludlow.At Durham, J. H. Branfoot, esq. M.D. to Jane, youngest dau. of R. Hutchinson, esq.

27. At Cheltenham, the Rev. Charles Wardroper, B.A., Leigh, Glouc. to Laura-MatildaMontagu, fourth dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Timins, R.M.

31. At Winwick, Lanc. the Rev. T. J. Whittington, A.M. to Anne-Margaret, eldest dau. of T. Claughton, esq.-At Isleworth, John Maughan, esq. of Jerveaux Abbey, Yorkshire, to Emily, fourth dau. of James Stanbrough, esq.-At Came, Dorset, the Rev. C. G. Newcomb, son of J. Newcomb, esq. of Upton, Bucks, to Emily-Georgiana-Elizabeth, youngest dau. of the Rev. Lord William Somerset.

Lately. At Clonmore, Ireland, the Rev. Dr. Price, Master of the endowed School, and Lecturer of St. Olave's, Waterford, to Rosamond, dau. of Capt. T. Roberts, R.N., Alderman.---At Edinburgh, the Rev. John G. Macvicar, to Jessie, dau. of Lt.-Col. R. Macdonald, of Kinlochmoidart.At Dublin, Walter Strickland, esq. eldest son of the late George Strickland, esq. of Newton, Yorkshire, and grandson of the late Sir G. Strickland, Bart. to Charlotte, dau. of John Carroll, esq.-At St. Martin's, the Rev. Heneage Drummond, to Cecil Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Mortimer and Lady Emily Drummond.

Jan. 1. At Cheltenham, the Rev. G. H. Evans, M.A. to Maria-Harriet, youngest dau. of the late Sir H. M. Farrington, Bart.-At St. Saviour's, Southwark, W. S. Rumsey, esq. of Kennington, to Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. William Mann, M.A. Chaplain of St. Saviour's.

-At Iver, Lumisden Strange, esq. Madras Civil Serv. eldest son of Sir T. Strange, to Mary Rosa, widow of Lieut. W. Hodgson, Bengal Horse Art, dau. of the late Capt. Sam. Tickell, Bengal Army. At St. Giles's, Dorsetsh. the Rev. Hinton Castle Smith, A.B. Lecturer of Kingsbridge, Devon, to GraceHarriet Goodwin, youngest dau. of the late Rob. Henshaw, esq. Bombay Serv. At Stoke, Devon, P. Bingham, esq. to Clara, dau. of the late William Stanley, esq.

2. At Beddington, Morgan Culhane, esq. M.D. of Croydon, to Fanny, eldest dau. of the Jate Adm. James Pigott,

7. At Pickering, the Rev. Arthur W. Wallis, B.A. late Boden Sanscrit Scholar, Oxf. and now of Bishop's College, Calcutta, to Jane, third dau. of Mr. George Watson, of the Marishes, Thornton.-- At Highworth, Wilts, J. F. Bernard, jun. esq. of Stamford-hill, to Emily, eldest dau. of the late W. Crowdy, esq. of Westrop-house.-At Trinity Church, Marylebone, Neil Benj. Edmonstone, jun. esq. to Madalina Elinor, only dau. of W. H. Trant, esq. At Canterbury, the Rev. P. B. Backhouse, Vicar of St. Mary's, Sandwich, youngest son of the late Rev. J. B. Backhouse, Rector of Deal, to Harriett-Sophia, youngest dau. of the late W. Mackeson, esq. of Hythe.At Frome, Wilson Clement, second son of the late C. W. Cruttwell, esq. of Bath, to Georgiana, youngest child of the late John Daniel, esq.--At Llanbebleg, Fred. Cozens, esq. son of the late C. Cozens, esq. of Dorchester, to Louisa, youngest dau. of W. Jones, M.D. (late King's Drag. Guards), of Glan Helen, Carn.

-At St. James's, Westminster, A. R. Hole, esq. Cornet, 13th Drag. to Eliz. eldest dau. of John Mercer, esq. of Maidstone.- At East Horndon, Essex, the Rev. Edw. Henry Landon, M.A. to Juliana Lætitia, eldest dau. of Capt. Birch, R. Eng.

8. Át Dover, Lieut. Fred. Coppin, R.N. to Laura-Eliza, second dau. of Peter Giorgi, esq. of Chelsea.At Warwick, the Rev. Thomas Fell, Vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, to Laura, only dau. of Col. Acklom.

9. At Leamington, the Rev. Algernon Turner, of Wragby, to Sophia, only dau. of the late Sir Thos. Whichcote, Bart.-The Rev. J. H. Dyer, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex, to MariaAnne, youngest dau. of the Rev. C. Maitland, Rector of Little Langford, Wilts.In Londonderry Cathedral, the Rev. J. B. Story, of Corick, co. Tyrone, to Catharine-Eliza, dau. of the late Valentine Munbee, esq. of Horringer, Suffolk, Capt. 43rd Reg.- At Paddington, John Edm. B. Curtis, Civil Engineer, eldest son of the late John Curtis, Esq. to Jane-Juliet, eldest dau. of the late Dr. J. M. Wilson, E. I. service. At Bath, the Rev. W. A. Taylor, Rector of Litchborough, Northpsh. to Anne-Catharine, eldest dau. of the Rev. W. Church, of Hampton, Midd.--At Stonehouse, Major Young, 25th Reg. eldest son of the late Col. Sir Aretas W. Young, to Hannah-Clementia, second dau. of the late Rear-Adm. Peter Puget, C.B.

11. At Bristol, J. R. Marshman, esq. barrister-at-law, to Mary, youngest dau. of the Rev. T. Roberts, Baptist Minister.

14. At Hove, near Brighton, Goring Rideout, esq. 85th Reg. grandson of the late Sir Harry Goring, Bart. to Maria-Caroline Laura, youngest dau. of Newton Dickenson, esq. of Brighton.

15. At St. George-the-Martyr, Henry Vincent, youngest son of the late Francis De Berckem, esq. of Upper Clapton, to Mary Ann, only dau. of the late W. Russell, esq.--At Kinnordy, N. B. the Rev. Gilbert Heathcote, of North Tamerton, Cornwall, to Maria, dau. of Charles Lyell, esq. Vice-Lieut. of co. Forfar.

16. At Southampton, John Francis Du Vernet, Cap. 82d Reg. to Clara Ann, youngest dau. of Charles Pilgrim, esq.

17. At Poole, the Rev. C. H. Collins, D.D. Head Master of Exeter School, to Sarah, only surviving dau. of the late Mr. Robert Slade.

18. At St. George's, Han.-sq. the Rev. Joshua Nalson, M.A. of Rotherham, to Miss Harriot Merrick, of Richmond, Surrey.--At Christ Church, Marylebone, Collier Maitland, esq. of Seymour-place, to Elizabeth-Smyth-Forbes, youngest dau. of the late Dr. Perrin, M.D.E. T. Roe, esq. of Clifton, to Catherine-Maria, second dau. of the late Henry Raye, esq. and granddau. of the late Lieut.-Col. B. Johnstone.

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OBITUARY.

DR. BUTLER, BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. Dec. 4. At Eccleshall Castle, Staffordshire, in his 66th year, the Right Rev. Samuel Butler, Ď.D. Lord Bishop of Lichfield.

Dr. Butler was born at Kenilworth, in Warwickshire (the birth-place also of the Bishops of Winchester and Chester), on the 30th of January, 1774, of highly respected parents, residing in that village, being the son of Mr. William Butler, and grandson of Mr. William Butler, for many years steward of the estates of Lord Hyde and Lord Leigh, who died in 1760 (see the Hist. of Kenilworth, 1821, p. 52.) He was educated under Dr. James, at Rugby School, where he was admitted March 31, 1783, and where his rapid progress in sound and elegant learning gave promise of his future distinction. In 1792 he entered into residence at St. John's College, Cambridge. His career at that University was brilliantly successful. He obtained three of Sir William Browne's medals; two for Latin Odes, and one for a Greek Ode. In 1793, he was elected to the Craven University Scholarship, after a competition with eighteen distinguished candidates, among whom were Dr. Keate, afterwards Head Master of Eton; Dr. Bethell, now Bishop of Bangor; and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the eminent poet and philosopher. At the mathematical examination for the degree of B. A. in 1796, his name appeared in the list of Senior Optimes; and he soon after gained the first of the Chancellor's two gold medals, for the best classical scholars of the year. In 1797 and 1798 he carried off the Members' prize, for the best Latin Essays by bache lors of arts. In the former year he was elected Fellow of St. John's College, and in 1798 he accepted the Head Mastership of the Royal Free Grammar School at Shrewsbury, vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Atcherley. It is well known that, by the learning, energy, and judicious discipline of Dr. Butler, Shrewsbury School was gradually raised to a very high rank among similar institutions. About the same time that Mr. Butler removed to Shrewsbury, he was selected by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press to undertake a new edition of Eschylus, with the text and notes of Stanley. This arduous task he gradually achieved in four volumes 4to. 1809-1816, and thus bequeathed to posterity an en

during monument of his great and various learning. In 1802 Mr. Butler was presented by the Earl of Clarendon, to the vicarage of his native place, Kenilworth. In 1811 he proceeded to the degree of Doctor in Divinity, and on that occasion preached the sermon at the installation of his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

In 1807 Dr. Butler was presented by Bishop Cornwallis to the prebendal stall of Wolvey, at Lichfield, and in 1822 to the archdeaconry of Derby; in discharging the duties of which office, his zeal, diligence, and faithfulness were universally acknowledged. In 1836, he was promoted, on the recommendation of Viscount Melbourne, to the episcopal see of Lichfield and Coventry, vacant by the death of the pious Bishop Ryder. The archdeaconry of Coventry being subsequently severed from his diocese, and annexed to that of Worcester, by a resolution of Privy Council dated Dec. 22, 1836, in pursuance of a recommendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, his lordship afterwards retained the single title of Bishop of Lichfield.

His successor at Shrewsbury School was the Rev. Benjamin Hall Kennedy, D.D., elected by St. John's College, Cambridge, who had been one of the eminently talented and successful pupils of Dr. Butler. This election, it is well known, was highly gratifying to the Bishop.

In Bishop Butler we have to lament the loss of a man of varied acquirements, playful wit, profound learning, unbending integrity, and sound religion; all accompanied by a benevolence of heart, a candour of mind, and simplicity of manner, that were the graces and adornments of his whole nature. He was not a mere man of talent, but the impress of genius, "the light from Heaven," was upon him. Thus, nothing in him was dry and formal, but living and vigorous. His talk on the languages,upon the knowledge of which his fame so greatly rested,-was not that of one only well skilled in certain critical details and nice grammatical distinctions; but of one who saw into the life and power of the thing, and knew the mind that animated the whole body. So, also, when he spoke of history, he seemed, like the prophet of that great bard in whose noble songs he delighted, to see things past, present, and to come. He appeared to have lived

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