danger appeared to be surmounted. Dreadful, however, has the destruction been, and the south-western tower, with the noble nave, now present a mass of ruin as afflicting to look upon as that which the torch of the incendiary Martin inflicted upon the noble choir. It may be remarked that this is the very tower in which Jonathan Martin made his first attempt to destroy the Minster, on the night of the 2d Feb. 1829.

One of the windows near the western entrance was partially destroyed; the great

western window was entirely preserved; and the others have sustained but trifling injury. No damage has arisen to the choir-nor indeed to the beautiful screen or valuable organ, which at one time were placed in much jeopardy. Every pillar in the nave has been more or less injured. The belfry presents the appearance of a shell, the interior framework being completely destroyed. The fire is supposed to have originated during the proceedings of the workmen engaged in repairs of the clock.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

March 9. Denbighshire Militia, Rob. M. Biddulph, esq. to be Lieut.-Col. Commandant, with the rank of Colonel.

March 24. Samborne Stucley Palmer, of Timsbury-house, near Bath, esq. to take the name of Samborne after Palmer, and bear the arms of Samborne.

April 1. Cornwall Militia, Capt. T. J. Phillips to be Lieut.-Colonel.

April 4. George Napier, esq. Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of Peebles, vice John Wood, esq. resigned. -Herts Militia, Capt. Edw. Hampson to be Major.

April 23. Royal Artillery, brevet-Major P. W. Walker to be Lieut.-Col.-Charles Henry Phillips, esq. to be Surgeon to her Majesty's Household.

April 24. First or Grenadier Foot Guards, Lieut. and Capt. G. M'Kinnon to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel.

April 25. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. George Ralph Abercromby to be Lieutenant and Sheriff principal of the shire of Clackmannan.

April 29. Royal Artillery, Col. Sir H. D. Ross, K.C.B. to be Deputy Adjutant-general. -Sherwood Rangers, Sir T. W. White, Bart. to be Lieut.-Col.; the Earl of Lincoln to be Major.

May 1. 1st Dragoon Guards, Gen. the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, G.C.B. to be Colonel.-6th Dragoons, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Straton to be Colonel.

8th Light Dragoons, Major-Gen. P. Philpot to be Colonel.-11th Light Dragoons, Field Marshal his Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel Duke of Saxe, Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, K.G. and G.C.B. to be Colonel.

May 4. Royal Artillery, brevet Lieut.-Col. A. Maclachlan to be Lieut.-Col.

May 6. Arthur White, esq. to be Secretary of Trinidad.-John Turnbull, esq. to be Consul at Granville.

May 8. 13th Light Dragoons, Major A. Wathen, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Hake, who exchanges.

May 9. James Ivory, esq. to be one of the Lords of Session in Scotland.--Thomas Maitland, esq. Advocate, to be Solicitor-General for Scotland.

May 11. John Ewart, of the Beeches, in Slaugham, Sussex, eldest son of John Manship Ewart, esq. son of Simon Goodman Ewart, of Norden-park, Surrey, esq. by Anne, daughter of John Manship, of London, merchant, and a Director of the East India Company, to take the surname of Manship before Ewart.

May 13. Samuel Gale, esq. of Charlton

King's, co. Glouc. esq. Barrister-at-law, only son of John Gale, esq. by Susanna, dau. of Charles Higgs, and sister of Samuel Higgs, both of Charlton King's, esqs. deceased, to take the name of Higgs before Gale.

May 15. First or Grenadier Guards, Capt. and Lieut.-Col. E. Clive to be Major and Colonel; Lieut. and Capt. C. Bagot to be Captain and Lieut.-Col.-John Carr, esq. to be her Majesty's Advocate at Sierra Leone.

May 20. Capt. Sir Edmund Lyons, Knt. Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens, created a Baronet of the United Kingdom.

May 21. David Maclaughlin, M.D. to accept the insignia of the Legion of Honour, conferred by the King of the French in approbation of his conduct towards the wounded of the French army after the battle of Salamanca in 1812.

May 22. Major-Gen. Sir Edw. Bowater, G.C.H. to be one of the Equerries of H.R.H. Prince Albert.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be Commander (retired) William Styles.Capt. J. Jones to the Curaçoa.-Capt. F. T. Mitchell to the Magicienne.-Capt. R. Maunsell to the Rodney.

Members returned to serve in Parliament.
Armagh.-J. D. Rawdon, esq.

Cambridge town.-Sir A. C. Grant, Bart.
Elgin and Nairn.-C. L. Cumming Bruce, esq.
Fermanagh Co.-Sir A. B. Brooke, Bart.
Ludlow.-Beriah Botfield, esq.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.
Ven. W. T. P. Brymer, to be Canon of Wells.
Rev. T. L. Iremonger, to be Prebendary of
Wherwell, Hants.

Rev. C. Atlay, Barrowden R. Rutlandshire.
Rev. H. de Foe Baker, North Witham R. Linc.
Rev. T. S. Basnett, Rolleston V. Notts.
Rev. J. Bateman, Huddersfield V. York.
Rev. W. Belgrave, Preston R. Rutland.
Rev. D. B. Bevan, Brede R. Sussex.
Rev. R. Blunt, Belton V. Leicestershire.
Rev. W. Burdett, North Molton V. Devon.
Rev. T. Cane, Halloughton P.C. Leic.
Rev. J. Cottle, Taunton St. Mary Magdalen V.
Somerset.

Rev. J. Cox, Runcorn Ch. Cheshire.
Rev. S. Creswell, Radford V. Notts.
Rev. J. Downes, Stonnall P.C. Staffordshire.
Rev. W. Edgecombe, Thornbury R. Devon.
Rev. P. Von Essen, Harrington R. Cumb.
Rev. A. T. Gillmor, Calry V. Sligo,

Rev. O. Hollingworth, Stalisfield V. Kent.
Rev. T. Hooper, Elkston R. Glouc.

Rev. H. P. Jones, Hazleton cum Yanworth R.
Glouc.

Rev. J. Langfield, Holme Whalley, St. John's P.C. Lanc.

Rev. W. P. Mellersh, Salperton P.C. Glouc.
Rev. R. Milner, Craven St. Michael-le-Gile
P.C. York.

Rev. J. Mitton, Osmotherley V. York.
Rev. F. L. Moysey, Combe St. Nicholas V. Som.
Rev. T. S. Norgate, Sparham R. Norf.
Rev. S. L. Oldacres, Woodborough P.C. Notts.
Rev. C. R. Roper, St. Olave R. Exeter.
Rev.- Roper, Monaghan R. Ireland.
Rev. W. St. G. Sargent, Hinckley New Church,
Leic.

Rev. F. Shepherd, St. Edward's P.C. Camb.
Rev. R. Simpson, Basford V. Notts.

Rev. C. E. Smith, St. Mary, Bredin V. Canterbury.

Rev. T. W. Smythe, Woolfardisworthy P.C.
Devon.

Rev. W. J. Travis, Lidgate R. Suffolk.
Rev. J. Twells, Eaton V. Notts.

Rev. C. J. Wade, Upper Gravenhurst P.C.
Bedfordshire.

Rev. J. R. Whyte, Kingsnympton R. Devon. Rev. Woodcock, St. Lawrence R. Winchester.

Rev. R. Wylde, Morton P.C. Notts.

CHAPLAINS.

Ven. S. Wilberforce, to be Bampton Lecturer. Rev. C. Alexander, to the Earl of Caledon. Rev. T. M. Browne, to the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.

Rev. R. Croly, to Partis' College, Bath.

Rev. J. N. Harward, to the Bishop of Rochester.

Rev. E. Labatt, to the Earl of Enniskillen. Rev. H. J. Stevenson, to the Bishop of Sodor and Man.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Richard Moore, esq. Q. C. to be serjeant-atlaw in Ireland, in the room of Mr. Curry, now Master in Chancery.

Mr. Gray to be Assistant Keeper of the Natural History collections at the British Museum, vice Children.

Mr. Chittenden, to be Head Master of the Exeter Diocesan Board of Education School. Rev. F. Cox, to be Head Master of the Aylesbury Grammar School.

BIRTHS.

April 11. At The Ray, near Maidenhead, Lady Phillimore, a posthumous dau.-14. At Vevay en Suisse, the wife of John Pate Neville, esq. of Skelbrooke Park, Doncaster, a son and heir.-16. At Chesham Place, the wife of William Russell, esq. a son.-18. At Balgarvie, the Hon. Mrs. Fred. S. Wedderburn, a son.-19. The wife of Arthur C. Phipps, esq. a dau.-20. At Stapleton Park, the wife of J. W. Barton, esq. a dau.-21. At Dublin, the wife of Lieut.-Col. H. H. Farquharson, a son.-22. At Shabden Park, Surrey, the lady of Sir T. B. Hepburn, Bart. M.P. a dau.

-23. At Bindon House, Som. Mrs. Ernest Perceval, a son. At Grosvenor-place, the wife of Jolin Dennistoun, esq. M.P. â dau.- -24. The wife of Henry Mostyn, esq. a son. -The wife of E. B. Hartopp, esq. of Dalby Hall, Leic. a dau.-25. In Grosvenor-place, Lady Lilford, a son. -26. In Grosvenor-place, the wife of Charles Orby Wombwell, esq. a dau.-27. At Petworth, the wife of Arthur Daintry, esq. a son and heir.-28. At Ashley Park, Surrey,

Lady Fletcher, a dau.-30. At Westhorpe House, Marlow, the wife of Rice R. Clayton, esq. a son. In Nottingham-place, the Vis countess Hood, a dau.

Lately. At Hazlewood, co. Sligo, Lady Anne Wynne, of twin sons.At Ballygawley, Ire land, the lady of Sir H. Stewart, Bart. a son

-In Connaught-terrace, the Hon. Mrs. E. C. Curzon, a dau. -In Edinburgh, the lady of Sir N. M. Lockhart, Bart. a dau. -At Ankerwycke House, Bucks, Mrs. Harcourt, a dau.

May 2. In Upper Seymour-st. the wife of John Barneby, esq. M.P. a son and heir.At Worcester, the wife of the Rev. Frank Hewson, B.A. and dau. of John Hardy, esq. of Portland-pl. a dau.-7. The wife of Archdeacon Hollingworth, a dau.-At Upper Clap. ton, the lady of the Rev. Sir W. Dunbar, Bart. a dau.-14. Lady Robert Grosvenor, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

Feb. 12. At Bangalore, Donald Macfarlane, esq. M.D., assistant-surgeon Madras Art. to Christina-Isabella, second dau. of the late Rev. D. Williamson, minister of Newburgh, Fife.

March 14. At Wiston, Upper Cañada, the Rev. C. Dade, M.A., Fellow of Caius coll. Camb. to Helen, second dau. of the Rev. Thos. Phillips, D.D. late Vice-Principal of Upper Canada college.

April 9. At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. G. H. Bell, esq. F.R.C.S. Edinb., to Caroline-Jane, youngest dau. of J. Underwood, esq. of Gloucester-place.- -At Harrow, the Rev. William Oxenham, jun. to Rachel-Charlotte, youngest dau. of the late J. Gray, esq. of Wembley Park. At Eastbourne, Richard Chambers, esq. M.D., of Upton-on-Severn, to Cecilia, sixth and youngest dau. of the late Alex. Brodie, D.D. Chas. Ellis, esq. eldest son of Edw. Ellis, esq. of Harley-st. to Catharine, only dau. of J. E. Conant, esq. of Upper Wimpole-st.At Leghorn, the Rev. J. W. La Touche, Rector of Montrath, Queen's Co. to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Alex. Bowker, esq. of King's Lynn, Norf. At Eastington, Glouc. the Rev. Henry Hamilton, of Thomastown, co. Kildare, to Frances-Margaret, eldest dau. of the late Ralph Peters, of Plat Bridge Hall, Lanc. esq.

10. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M. P. to Frances, youngest dau. of Sir T. Baring, Bart.

11. At Greenwich, Fred. George Hammond, esq. of Blackheath, to Sophia Catty, of Stockbury Park, near Sittingbourne, widow of Capt. Catty, R. Eng.At St. Pancras, W. T.S. Daniel, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-Law, to Sarah, only dau. of the late Rev. A. W. Trollope, D.D. Head Master of Christ's Hospital.

-At Watnall, Edward Heneage, esq. M.P. to Charlotte-Frances-Ann, youngest dau. of L. Rolleston, esq. M.P.

14. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Henry, youngest son of the late George Grant, esq. of Shenley Hill, Herts, to Anne, second dau. of Robert Chalmers, esq. of Ebury-street.

18. At St. John's, Westminster, Robert Marriott, esq. to Anna-Eleanor, youngest dau. of the late Capt. Daniel Ross, R.N.-At Stoke Newington, Robert William Lewis, esq. of Brentwood, to Mary-Catharine, only dau. of the late W. Cressy, esq. of Stock, Essex.

20. At Tor, Devon, the Rev. W. W. Wingfield, of Gulval, Cornwall, to Elizabeth-FrancesAnne, dau. of the late W. Fortescue, esq. of Writtle Lodge, Essex.--At Strathfieldsaye, Edward Lloyd Edwards, esq. only son of John Edwards, esq. of Dolserey, Merionethshire, to Georgiana, eldest dau. of G. E. Beauchamp, esq. of the Priory, near Reading.- -At Walcot, Bath, Major-Gen. Sir W. Davy, C.B. and K.C.H., of Tracy Park, Glouc. to Sophia, eldest dau, of R. F. Wilson, esq. of Melton, Yorksh,

21. At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. Skeffington Bristow, esq. Lieut. 25th regt. to Juliana, eldest dau. of the late Lt.-Gen. H. R. Knight.

At the same church, Henry, the eldest son of George Shum Storey, esq. of Ham-common, Surrey, and Arcot, Northumberland, to Emma, eldest dau. of the late R. C. Cooper, esq. of Brighton, Sussex.--At Wardington, Oxon, the Rev. George Wingfield, Rector of Glatton, Hants, and youngest son of J. Wingfield, esq. of Pickencote, Rutland, to Sophia-Elizabeth, only dau. of the late Rev. G. Wasey, Rector of Ulcombe, Kent.-At St. George's, Hanoversq. the Rev. W. Marsh, D.D. Rector of St. Thomas's, Birmingham, to the Lady Louisa Cadogan.-The Rev. John T. White, A.M., to Anna-Grives, youngest dau. of the late Rev. W. Harrison, D.D. Chaplain of St. Saviour's, Southwark.-At Hackthorn, the Rev. Charles M. G. Jarvis, second son of G. R. P. Jarvis, esq. of Doddington Hall, Lin c. to Augusta, second dau. of Robt. Cracroft, esq. of Hackthorn and Harrington.-At Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, John Gwyn Jeffreys, of Swansea, esq. to Ann, eldest dau. of R. J. Nevill, of Llangennech Park, esq. -At Warden, Northumberland, the Rev. W. Rice Markham, Vicar of Moreland, Westmoreland, to Jane, youngest surviving dau. of the late Nathaniel Clayton, esq. of Chesters.--At Ryton, Durham, Bewicke Blackburn, esq. youngest son of P. Blackburn, esq. of Clapham-common, to Isabella-Agnes. youngest dau. of H. Lamb, esq. -At Trinity, near Edinburgh, Henry, third son of George Dunbar, esq. Professor of Greek in the Univ. of Edinburgh, to Anna-Jeanetta, dau. of the late John Murray, esq. W.S., Agent for the Church of Scotland.At Bickling, Norfolk, the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Wodehouse, youngest son of Lord Wodehouse, to Emma-Hamilton, second dau. of Reginald Macdonald, Chief of Clanronald.At Horkesley, Essex, the Rev. Arthur Capel J. Wallace, M.A. late Vicar of Coggeshall, and now Curate of Hadleigh, in Suffolk, to Miss Elwes, dau. of the late Gen. Elwes, of Stoke by Clare.

22. At St. Pancras, Arthur Burrows, of Lincoln's-inn, youngest son of Dr. Burrows, of Upper Gower-st. to Frances-Diana, youngest dau. of the late Major Bromley, Bombay army. -At All Souls, Langham-place, Edm. L. Wells, esq. of the Middle Temple, second son of the late Dymoke Wells, esq. of Grebby Hall, Linc. to Mary-Ann, eldest dau. of John Gallins, esq.; late of Stapleton Castle, Heref.

-At Edinburgh, Lieut.-Col. M'Pherson, late of 39th regt. to Mrs. Mary M'Culloch M'Barnet, widow of Alex. M'Barnet, esq. of Attadale.At Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, Alan Colquhoun Dunlop, esq. to Anne, third surviving dau. of the late James Hay, esq. and the Lady Mary Hay.At Dawlish, R. A. Suckling, esq. of Caius coll. eldest son of the Rev. A. I. Suckling, of Barsham, Suffolk, to Anna-Maria, dau. of John Yellowly, esq. M.D.

-At Barham, in Suffolk, the Rev. John Freeman, M.A. to Lucy-Charlotte, only surviving dau. of the late Robinson Kittoe, esq. R.N.

-At Great Waltham, Essex, the Rev. Richard Roundell Toke, M.A. Rector of Barnston, to Catharine, eldest dau. of J. J. Tuffnell, esq. of Langleys.

23. At St. Pancras New Church, Robert N. Bancroft, esq. of Manchester, to SeptimaElizabeth, dau. of the late Dr. Thornton, the botanist.At St. Olave's, Hart-street, John Hutchinson, esq. of Sheriff-hill, Durham, to Ann-Sarah, youngest dau. of the late Henry Buckle, esq. of Mecklenburgh Square.Chelmsford, Henry William Field, esq. of Blackheath, son of John Field, of her Majesty's Mint, esq. to Anne, dau. of the late Rev. T.

At

Mills, Vicar of Helions Bumpstead.-At Frodsham, Cheshire, H. E. Fawcett, of the Inner Temple, esq. to Sarah-Barlow, second dau. of the Rev. John Collins.--At South Stoneham, Hants, Captain Daubeney, 55th regt. eldest son of Col. Daubeney, K.H. of Bath, to Amelia, only child of the late S. D. Liptrap, esq. of Southampton.--At St. George's, Bloomsbury, H. Grainger, esq. of East-hill, Wandsworth-common, to Caroline, dau. of the late W. Flower, esq. of Upper Bedford-pl.-At St. John's, Paddington, Wm. Rawes, esq. M.D. to Henrietta, widow of the late R. A. Cottle, esq.-At Trinity Church, Marylebone, Edwin Gower, esq. to Jane-Eleanor, dau. of Dr. H. Young, of Devonshireplace. -At Ivy Bridge, Devon, G. T. Shortland, esq. barrister-at-law, to Harriett, second dau. of the late Rev. James Collins, LL.D. Rector of Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk.- At Salisbury, the Rev. W. C. Radcliffe, Rector of Fonthill Gifford, to Mary-Anne, youngest dau. of the late John Dowling, esq.- -At Ripon, Tomyns Scott Dickins, esq. barrister-at-law, to Eliza, eldest surviving dau. of W. Morton, esq.--At Guernsey, Henry St.-Geo. Priaulx, esq. late of the 4th dragoons, to Harriet, only dau. of the Very Rev. N. Carey, Dean of Guernsey-At Greenwich, the Rev. Hippesley Maclean, of Coventry, to Charlotte, dau. of Richard Smith, esq.- -At Leamington, William Charles Evans Freke, esq. nephew of Lord Carbery, to Lady Sophia, widow of Sir T. Whichcote, Bart. and sister of the Earl of Harborough.--At Florence, Theophilus Clive, esq. to Frances-Caroline, second dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Lord Edward Somerset, G.C.B.

25. At Kenwyn, William Crooke, esq. R.N. Commander of her Majesty's packet Peterel, to Eliza, eldest dau. of W. Vice, esq. Truro. -At St. Margaret's, Westminster, H. M. O'Hanlon, of the Middle Temple, esq. to Anne, second dau. of the late George Flint, esq.At Greenwich, Thomas Callaway, esq. of Southwark, to Mary Ann, second dau. of the late J. Carttar, esq.-At St. George's, Han.sq. John Thomas, esq. of Manuden-house, Essex, to Mary-Ann, eldest dau. of J. H. Foster, esq. late of Norwich.

26. At St. George's, Han.-sq. J. W. Dunscomb, esq. son of the Hon. J. Dunscomb, of St. John's, Newfoundland, to Caroline B., youngest dau. of Major-Gen. Durnford, of the Royal Engineers.

28. At St. George's, Han.-sq. Fulke Greville, esq. to Lady Rosa Nugent, dau. of the Marquis of Westmeath.- -The Rev. Thomas Hayes, of Heckfield, Hants, to Louisa-Hope, eldest dau. of the Rev. J. Hitchings, Vicar of Wargrave, Berks.At Salisbury, Bernard Senior, esq. of Compton Pauncefoot, Som. to Jane, youngest dau. of W. B. Blackmoore, esq.

-At Kensington, Wm. J. H. Money, esq. Bengal civil service, eldest son of Wigram Money, esq. to Elizabeth-Margaret-Douglas, only dau. of Wm. Moffat, esq. of Harperton, Roxburghshire. -The Rev. C. M. Turner, Rector of Studland, Dorset, to Henrietta, dau. of the late Robert Lang, esq. of Moor-park, Surrey.At Walcot, Bath, George, eldest son of W. G. Harrison, esq. of Upper Bedfordpl. to Seymour-Louisa, youngest dau. of C. Hammond, esq.

30. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, William Brown, esq. of Clapham Common (only son of Mr. Alderman Brown), to Mary Freshfield, youngest dau. of Mr. F. B. King, late of Stoke Newington. At Beaminster, John Dillon, esq. 32d regt. to Fanny,only dau. of T. Fox, esq. -At Camberwell, Charles Arthur, eldest son of Charles Dodd, esq. to Agnes, third dau. of the late Wm. Christie, esq. of Edinburgh.

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THE EARL OF STAIR. March 20. At his hotel in the Rue de Clichy, Paris, aged 55, the Right Hon. John William Henry Dalrymple, seventh Earl of Stair, Viscount Dalrymple, Lord Newliston, Glenluce, and Stranraer (1703), eighth Viscount of Stair, Lord Glenluce and Stranraer (1690), and a Baronet of Nova Scotia (1664).

This nobleman was born on the 16th Nov. 1784, the only child of William Dalrymple, esq. brother of the 5th Earl, by Marianne-Dorothy, second daughter of Sir Robert Harland, Bart. He had a Cornet's commission in the 5th Dragoon Guards in 1804, but we are not aware to what rank he rose in the army. He succeeded to the peerage on the 1st June, 1821, on the death of his cousin-german, John the sixth Earl.

His Lordship married, May 28, 1804, Johanna, eldest daughter of Charles Gordon, esq. of Clunie, by whom he had no issue, and the marriage was annulled in June 1820. For the last eleven years his Lordship had been confined to his bed, speechless and almost unconscious.

The peerage has now devolved on Lieut. General Sir John Hamilton Dalrymple, of Cousland and Fala, Bart. Colonel of the 92d Foot, he being the great. grandson of the Hon. Sir James Dalrymple, of Borthwick, second son of the first Viscount. His Lordship has been twice married, his present Countess being a sister of the Earl of Camperdown; but he has no issue. The next heir presumptive is his only surviving brother, North Dalrymple, of Cleland and Fordel, esq. who has two sons.

SIR C. W. BURDETT, BART. Dec.. At Columbo, in Ceylon, in his 69th year, Sir Charles Wyndham Burdett, the fifth baronet, of Acomb, co. York (1665); formerly a Lieut.-Colonel in the army, and C. B.

He was born the 19th July, 1771, the eldest son of Sir Charles the fourth Baronet, by Sarah, daughter of Joseph Halsey, esq. of Boston in New England. His baptismal names were derived from his great-grandfather, Charles Wyndham, esq. of Stokesby, Norfolk, whose daughter and heiress Elizabeth was the wife of Sir Francis Burdett the second Baronet, of Acomb. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, the 19th July 1803.

SIR F. G. COOPER, BART.

Jan. 23. At Barton Grange, Somersetshire, aged 71, Sir Frederick Grey Cooper, the sixth Baronet, of Gogar, N. B. (1638).

He was the younger son of the Right Hon. Sir Grey Cooper, a Lord of the Treasury, (whose first wife was an aunt of Earl Grey,) by his second wife, Miss Kennedy, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the 14th Jan. 1836, on the death of his nephew Sir William Henry Cooper, Bart. (see our vol. V. p. 314).

He married in 1805 Charlotte-Dorothea, eldest daughter of Sir John Honywood, the fourth Baronet, of Evington, Kent, by the Hon. Frances Courtenay, daughter of William second Viscount Courtenay; she died in July 1811. He is succeeded in the title by his son, now Sir Frederick Cooper.

GEN. THE HON. LINCOLN STANHOPE. Feb. 29. At Harrington house, Privy Gardens, aged 58, the Hon. Lincoln Edwin Robert Stanhope, a Major-General in the army, and C.B.; brother to the Earl of Harrington, the Duchesses of Bedford and Leinster, &c.

Colonel Lincoln Stanhope was born on the 26th Nov. 1781, the second son of Charles the late and third Earl of Harrington, by Jane-Seymour, daughter and cobeiress of Sir John Fleming, Bart. He entered the army on the 26th of April, 1798, as Cornet in the 16th Light Dragoons; was appointed Lieutenant on the 7th Feb. 1800; Captain, the 25th Oct.

1802; Major, the 11th June 1807; Lieut.Colonel in the 17th Light Dragoons, the 2nd Jan. 1812; retired to half-pay, unattached, on the 18th Oct. 1826; promoted to Colonel, by brevet, the 22nd July 1830; and Major-General, the 28th June 1838. He served in the Peninsular war, and was present, commanding as Major 16th Light Dragoons, at the battle of Talavera, for which he received a medal. He was subsequently in India, and there served as Aid-de-camp to the Marquess of Hastings.

His retirement from the active duties of his profession in 1826 threw him into all the gay frivolities of a London life; and as, from that period, his singularly noble figure might have been almost daily seen in the different places of fashionable resort, the many, who knew no better, might naturally enough confound his character with those pursuits. Few, perhaps, knew that in the aristocraticlooking lounger, Lincoln Stanhope, they beheld a soldier of Wellington, and one who had purchased repose for the latter years of his life in the enjoyment of those amusements, at the price of his blood, and of nearly 30 years of active and brilliant service, at a time when his country most needed them that in pacing along on his well-known gallant grey, or driving his four-in-hand, they beheld the leader of one of our most distinguished regiments of dragoons on the bloody field of Talavera that he also was the man who commanded the 17th Light Dragoons for many years on the burning sands of India, where he made himself respected alike by friends and foes, became the father of the Bombay Native Cavalry, and the adored of all who served under him. Nor could it be generally known that he was no less distinguished for his private worth than for his merits as a soldier: for few have passed through such a long career of fashionable life with a mind so little tainted with the vices of his order as did Lincoln Stanhope, or whose conduct has been so blameless. His naturally sound and vigorous constitution and abstemious habits gave him as likely a chance of living twenty years longer as any man; but it was otherwise ordained, and he is now numbered with his fathers.

Major-General Lincoln Stanhope was unmarried. His body was taken for interment to the family vault at Elvaston, Derbyshire.

LIEUT.-GEN. SIR W. THORNTON, K. C.B. April 6. At Stanhope Lodge, near Hanwell, Lieut.-General Sir William Thornton, K. C.B. Colonel of the 85th Foot.

This officer received his commission as Ensign in the 89th Foot the 31st March 1796. He was employed on regimental duty in Ireland during the time of his having this rank. In April, 1797, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the 46th Foot; and the 25th of June 1803, a Company in the same corps. He was appointed to the Staff early in 1803, as Aid-de-Camp to Lieut.-General, Sir James Henry Craig, Inspector-general of Infantry, afterwards in command of the Eastern District in England. In 1805, continuing to hold the same appointment, he accompanied that General to the kingdom of Naples with a British force in co-operation with a body of Russian troops, having the final view of forming a junction with the Austrian army, at that time serving under the Archduke Charles of Austria, in Italy. The military occurrences which then took place having rendered this object ineffectual, Capt. Thornton returned to England in 1806 with the General, after visiting the Islands in the Mediterranean. When the state of Sir James Craig's health occasioned his declining to continue on the staff, this officer was appointed Aid. de-Camp to Lieut.-Gen. Earl Ludlow, commanding the Kent district; and served in that capacity to the period of his promotion to a Majority in the Royal York Rangers, viz. in Nov. 1806. served in this rank in Guernsey, in command of his regiment; and in Aug. 1807, being appointed Military Secretary and first Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Sir James Henry Craig, Governor in Chief and Captain- Gen. in Canada and its dependencies, he embarked and proceeded to that country. The 28th of Jan. 1808, he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel and Inspecting Field Officer of the Militia in Canada, and he served in that capacity and in those above mentioned to the period of Sir James Craig's return to England in 1811.

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In Aug. 1811 he was appointed Lieut.Colonel of the 34th regiment, and in 1812 removed to the Duke of York's Greek light infantry, being then nominated Assistant Military Secretary to H.R.H. the Commander-in-Chief. He continued in this office to Jan. 1813, when he was nominated to the command of the 85th Light Infantry, upon the adoption of the measure which was at the time found expedient, of changing the entire corps of officers of that regiment; and, in July succeeding, he embarked and proceeded to the Peninsula. On the latter service he was present at the successful assault on the town of St. Sebastian in Spain (where, however, the 85th regiment was solely employed in