Boynton Wood, esq. to be Surveyor General and Civil Engineer in the Colony of Sierra Leone.-Robert Schomburgk, esq. to be her Majesty's Commissioner for surveying and marking out the boundaries of British Guiana. Dec. 18. 22d Foot, Major S. B. Boileau to be Lieut.-Colonel, Capt. William Raban to be Major.-Brevet, Major E. H. D. E. Napier, 46th Foot, to have the local rank of Lieut.-Colonel on a particular service.-To be Colonels in the Army, Lieut. Col. G. E. P. Barlow, 22d regt.; Lieut.-Col. C. Newhouse, late R. Art. ; Lieut.-Col. P. Campbell, late R. Art.-To be Companions of the Bath: Captains C. J. Austen, the Hon. W. Waldegrave, M. F. F. Berkeley, E. Collier, W. W. Henderson, A. Fanshawe, H. Stewart, E. Boxer, H. B. Martin, H. J. Codrington, all of the Royal Navy; Lieut.-Col. W. Walker, R. M.; Capt. W. H. Henderson, R.N.; and Capt. H. T. Austin, R.N. Dec. 21. Col. Sir Joseph Thackwell, K.C.B. Lieut.-Col. 3d Light Dragoons, serving with the rank of Major-General in the East Indies, and K.H. to accept the insignia, of the second class, of the Order of the Dooranée Empire; Lt.-Col. C. R. Cureton (16 Lancers) and Lt.Col. G. J. M. Macdowell, esq. Major in the same regiment, to accept the insignia, of the third class, of the same Order. Dec. 22. Henry Bradshaw, of Abshott, Hants, esq. eldest surviving son and heir of Capt. J. Bradshaw, R.N. by Eliza, dau. and coh. of John Blagrove, late of Ankerwykehouse, Bucks, esq. (in compliance with the will of his maternal grandfather,) to take the name and arms of Blagrove only.-Benjamin Sampson Cloak, of Tullimaar, Cornwall, gent. (in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Benjamin Sampson, esq.) to drop the surname of Cloak, and bear the name of Sampson only. Members returned to serve in Parliament. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. R. Daly to be Dean of St. Patrick's. Rev. F. B. Twisleton, D. C. L. to be a Canon Rev. W. Gresley to be an Hon. Canon in Lichfield Cathedral. Rev. W. J. Philpotts to be Precentor of Exeter. Rev. A. Ñ. Buckeridge, Kennerleigh R. Devon. Rev. Edw. Forbes, Ramsey P.C. Hunts. Rev. F. Forster, Ridgewell V. Essex. Rev. John Fox, Kirby Bellars P.C. Leicester. Rev. A. H. Gore, Lewannick V. Cornwall. GENT. MAG. VOL. XV. Hon. and Rev. C. A. Harris, Wilton R. Wilts Rev. Jas. Horrox, Dinnington V. Yorksh. Rev. W. B. Pole, Condicote R. Glouc. Lincolnshire. Rev. John Winpenny, Yarm P.C. Yorkshire. Rev. Joseph Wood, All Saints' new church, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire. Rev. T. Young, Salcombe P.C. Devon. CHAPLAINS. Rev. M. T. Farrer, to the Earl of Eldon. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. W. H. Whitworth, M.A. to be Mas- Rev. Francis Hessey, B. C. L., Fellow of St. John's coll. Oxf., to be Principal of Huddersfield Collegiate School. Mr. Arthur Baynham, to be Second Master of Brewood Free Grammar School. The Rev. G. Elliott, B. A. to be Principal of the new Commercial School at Southampton. Wm. Linwood, esq. B.A. to be one of the Masters of Shrewsbury School. BIRTHS. Nov. 12. At Normanby, the Countess of Sheffield, a dau.-16. At the vicarage, Kenilworth, the Hon. Mrs. Montague Villiers, a son. The wife of the Rev. J. J. Blunt, D.D. Margaret Professor of Divinity, a dau.-21. At Sible Hedingham, Essex, the wife of the Rev. Charles Burney, a son.-23. At Naples, the Hon. Mrs. Adeane, a dau.-29. At Cumberland-place, the Hon. Lady Butler, a son and heir. -30. At Shobden-court, Herefords. the Right Hon. Lady Bateman, a dau.-In Park-st. Grosvenor-sq. Lady Graham, a dau. Lately. At Chambly, Lower Canada, the Lady Georgiana Cathcart, a dau.-At Rathmore, Kildare, the lady of the Rev. Sir J. W. King, Bart. a son.At Dublin, the wife of the Hon. W. O. Grady, a dau.--At Leamington, the lady of Sir Edward Mostyn, Bart. a son.--At Drakeloe lodge, Woburn, Lady Charles Russell, a dau.--At Tenby, Lady M. Knox, a dau. Dec. 1. In Belgrave-st, the wife of T. Gladstone, esq. a dau.--At Swillington-house, Yorksh. the wife of C. Lowther, esq. a son. 3. In Windham-pl., Bryanston-sq., the N Hon. Mrs. C. L. Butler, a dau.-4. At Brighton, the Countess Cowper, a dau.-At Exeter, the wife of Major Hallifax, 75th regt. a son-7. The Countess of Arran, a son.At Upper Clapton, Harriet-Caroline, the wife of J. R. D. Tyssen, esq. a son.-9. At the rectory, Houghton Conquest, Beds. the wife of the Rev. Henry J. Rose, a son.-10. In Grosvenor-sq. the Countess of Carnarvon, a dau., who survived its birth a few hours only. MARRIAGES. Aug. 25. At Nusseerabad, E. I., Lieut. Macpherson, 22d Bengal N. Inf. to Mary, eighth dau. of Brigadier Kennedy, C.B. Sept. 3. At Colombo, Ceylon, Fred. H. Clark, esq. 95th regt. son of the late John Clark, esq. of Poole, to Eliza-Jane, dau. of W. A. Rogers, esq. of the same corps. Lately.-At Ootacamund, in India, Hatley Frere, esq. M.S.C. nephew of the Right Hon. J. Hookham Frere, to Theodora, dau. of the Lord Bishop of Madras and Mrs. Trevor Spencer. At Calcutta, Frederick Bellair, esq. to Sarah, dau. of William Oxborough, esq. Accountant-General's office. Oct. 7. At Demerara, Thomas Porter, jun. esq. eldest son of T. Porter, esq. of Rockbearehouse, Devon, to Charlotte-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of W. B. Wolseley, esq. 15. At Bombay, Robert Lindsay Leckie, esq. to Eliza-Jane, youngest dau. of Capt. Tanner, Ind. N. 17. At Niagara, John Bower Lewis, esq. barrister, to Anna, eldest dau. of Capt. Eccles, of Dublin, and of Weston, near Bath. 23. Thos. B. L. Hall, esq. of Sidney Sussex coll. son of the Rev R. Hall, M.A. Rector of Westborough, to Emma, youngest dau. of the Rev. W. Butcher, M.A. Rector of Ropsley. Nov. 3. At St. John's, Newfoundland, Capt. R. J. Dacres, R. Art. son of the late Vice-Adm. Sir R. Dacres, G.C.H. to Frances-Brooking, only dau. of Henry P. Thomas, esq. merchant. 10. At Bayton, the Rev. Archer Clive, Rector of Solihull, Warw. to Caroline, second dau. of the late E. Meysey Wigley, esq. of Shakenhurst, Worc.- At Southampton, Samuel Grey, esq. youngest son of the late Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bart. to Laura-Mary, fourth dau. of Charles A. Elton, esq. and grand-dau. of Sir Abraham Elton, Bart. 11. At New Ross, Wexford, H. G. Beagin, esq. of the Madras Service, to Sarah, youngest dau. of E. Carr, esq. of Arnestown. 12. At St. George's, Han.-sq. the Rev. J. H. Allen, Rector of Mapowder, Dorset, eldest son of J. H. Allen, of the Rhyd, near Worcester, esq. to Frances-Anne, youngest dau. of the Rev. W. Tournay, Rector of Denton, Kent.At Halifax, the Rev. Henry J. Smith, Perp. Curate of Birkenshaw, Yorksh. to Ann, third dau. of Wm. Emmet, esq. 17. At Newington, Surrey, the Rev. G. Greig, A.M. Curate of Barford, near Warwick, to Sarah, youngest dau. of the late Rev. D. Bradbury, of Kennington. 20. At Cheltenham, George, third son of Joseph Lloyd, esq. of Abinghall, Forest of Dean, to Elizabeth, third dau. of R. W. Jearrad, esq. of Westhall, Cheltenham. 21. At Charlton, Kent, Dr. John Wilson, R.N. to Catharine, dau. of the late John Peake, esq. At Paddington, Jasper Pyne, esq. of Ballyvolane, Cork, and of Codham-hall, Essex, to Emily, eldest dau. of the late John Maxfield, esq. of Islington. 23. At Stanmore, Charles Edmund Law, esq. (Rifle Brigade,) son of the Hon. Charles Ewan Law, M.P. to Lady Eleanor Cecil Howard, dau. of the Earl of Wicklow. 24. At Worting, Walter-Frederick Crofton, esq. Lieut. R. Art. to Anna-Maria, only dau of the late Rev. C. Shipley, of Twyford-house' Winchester.At Clapham, the Rev. Alfred Radford Symonds, to Mary, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Richard Hunt, Vicar of Medmenham, Bucks. At Witney, Oxon, S. H. Heath, esq. of London, to Caroline Maitland, second dau. of the Rev. Robert Tozer, of Witney, Oxford. At Yarmouth, Charles, second son of Charles Wix, esq. of Battersea Rise, to Caroline, eldest dau. of W. P. Mann, esq. of Yarmouth, Norfolk.-William Blood, esq. Capt. in the Madras Army, to Mary-Louisa, eldest dau. of Christopher Gallwey, of Killarney. 26. At Malpas, Monmouth, J. Hawell, esq. of H. M. 45th regt. to Henrietta, second dau. of T. Prothero, esq. of Malpas-court.-At Abinger, John Fraser, esq. of York-terr. Regent's-park, to Hester-Anne-Mary Mostyn, eldest dau. of Edmund Lomax, esq. of Nettly, Surrey.Thomas Barrett, esq. of Bath, to Marian, only child of the late Lieut.-Col. Hamilton O'Neille, of Queen's Co. Ireland, and Portman-sq. London.- At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Samuel, eldest son of Samuel Baydell, esq. of Liverpool, and late of the Manor, Flintshire, to Eliza, fourth dau. of the late R. B. Griffiths, esq. of Vaschoel, Montgomery. At St. George's, Han.-sq. John Simeon, esq. eldest son of Sir Richard Simeon, Bart. of Swainston, Isle of Wight, to Jane-Maria, only dau. of the late Sir F. Francis Baker, Bart. At St. Mary's, Marylebone, Bonamy, only son of B. Dobree, esq. of Great Cumberland-st. Hyde-park, to Emma, fourth dau. of N. S. Chauncy, esq. of Bryanston-sq. and Little Munden, Herts. 27. At Ardmillan, David Dalton Kennedy, esq. of Craig, to Margueretta, youngest dau. of A. C. B. Craufurd, esq. of Ardmillan, Ayrshire. 28. At Walworth, Peter Anderson, esq. of Clapham Rise, to Phoebe, dau. of the late A. L. de Haes, esq. of Union-road, Clapham Rise. -At Plymouth, Richard Torr, esq. of the South Hams, Devon, to Grace, third dau. of John Hewitt, esq. of Hornsey-house, Nynehead, Som.At St. Pancras, Thomas Goodman, esq. of Leighton Buzzard, to Carolina, second dau. of William Hopkins, esq. of Guildford-st. -At Brighton, Archibald Park, esq. of Madeira, to Elizabeth, second dau. of the late Thomas Solly, esq. of Blackheath. Lately. At Watford, the Rev. William Ricketts, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, to Caroline-Frances, eldest dau. of the late Robert Lukin, esq.-The Rev. Thomas Atkinson, of Rascelf, Yorkshire, to Henrietta, third dau. of Capt. Willes, R.N. of Langdown, Hythe. At Lisbon, H. D. Scott, esq. of Easby, Yorksh., and Apthorpe, Linc. to Sarah, dau. of Edward H. Fitzgerald, esq. of Ballyreen, Roscommon, and of Ashburton.Cambelltown, near Fort George, N. Brit., W. B. Gardner, esq. R. A. eldest son of MajorGen. the Hon. W. H. Gardner, to Eliza, eldest dau. of Col. Sir Alex. Anderson, C.B.-At Prestbury, the Rev. C. J. Daniel, of South Hackney, Middlesex, to Susan, second dau. of John Ryle, esq. of Henbury-hall, Cheshire. -At Dec. 1. Át Cheltenham, the Rev. J. F. Beddy, M.A. Perpetual Curate of St. Thomas's, Monmouth, to Jane, youngest dau. of the late John Pidcock, esq. of the Platts, Stafford.-At Oldbury, Charles-Henry Twyford, esq. of Buenos Ayres, merchant, to Elizabeth-Jane, dau. of the Rev. George Sproston.-At Exeter, the Rev. Robert Scott, Fellow of Balliol, and Vicar of Duloe, Cornwall, to Mary-Harriet, only dau. of Capt. T. F. Baugh, R.N. 2. At Marylebone, Rich. P. Amphlett, esq. of Lincoln's-inn, Fellow of St. Peter's coll. Cambridge, eldest son of the Rev. R. H. Amph. lett, M. A. of New-hall, Wore, to Frances, only child of the late Edw. Ferrand, esq. of St. Ives, York. At Dilwyn, Heref. the Rev. Walter B. Johnson, M.A of West Wycombe, Bucks, to Louisa, fourth dau. of the late Joseph Stephens, esq. 3. At Marylebone, James Chapman, jun. eldest son of James Chapman, esq. of Paul's Cray-hill, Kent, to Ellen, third dau. of the late Rev. G. Hutchinson, Preb. of Southwell.At Newington, the Rev. Vincent Shortland, Chaplain Madras est., to Anne, widow of Capt. R. Nixon, 25th Madras N. Inf.--At Clifton, Glouc. Captain Harris, I. N. of Hertford-st. Mayfair, to Emily-Eliza, eldest dau. of the late Charles Calland, esq. of Upper Forest, Glamorganshire.-At St. Mary's, Lambeth, the Rev. J. C. Smith, second son of R. Smith, esq. of Crumlin, Dublin, to Catharine, dau, of the late T. Saunders, esq. of Rochester. 5. Alfred Jolliffe Beloe, esq. of Brompton, to Dorothy-Margaret, eldest dau. of Jonah Wilson, esq. of Huntingdon. 7. Át Langton, Isle of Purbeck, John Bingley Garland, esq. of Leeson House, Langton, to Miss Read, dau. of T. Read, esq. of Poole.-P. Moncrieffe, esq. of St. Ann's, Jamaica, to Henrietta, eldest dau. of the late H. Cary, esq. of Highgate.-At Kew, Aubrey-William Beauclerk, esq. of St. Leonard'slodge, Sussex, to Rosa, dau. of Joshua Robinson, esq. 8. William-Henry Butler, esq. of the Stone House, Kenilworth, to Mary-Copeland, second dau. of Robert Poole, esq. of Leamington. -At Croydon, J. R. Sterritt, esq. Surgeon R.N. to S. H. Reid Duff, widow of Lieut. James Reid, R. N.-At Newcastle-on-Tyne, Sydney Smirke, esq. of Berkeley-sq. to Isabella, eldest dau. of John Dobson, esq.- -At West Rasen, the Rev. George-Alington Robinson, to Penelope, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Marmaduke Alington, of Swinhope-house, Lincoln.-At Honiton, Mark Glanville, esq. of Melton Pahanbury, Devon, to Mary-Ann, fourth dau. of the late John Cookson, esq. of Clapham, Surrey. 9. At Islington, Edward-John Field, esq. of Lower Edmonton, to Augusta, fourth dau. of the late Lieut. E. J. Cavell, R.N.At Alverstoke, Robert, fourth son of the late T. Tryon, esq. of Bulwick park, Northamptonshire, to Henrietta, youngest dau. of Capt. Prevost, R.N.-At St. Marylebone, Edmund Rushworth, esq. of Hereford-street, Park-lane, to Susanna, second dau. of Richard Hermon, esq. of St. John's-wood. 10. At Effingham, William L. Nash, esq. of Letherhead, to Lucy-Rosa-Kinloch, second dau. of Capt. Stringer, of Hill Lodge, Stowting. At Lockwood, near Huddersfield, the Rev. John C. Leppington, of Birmingham, to Caroline, dau. of the late Timothy Bentley, esq.- -At Clapham, Edward Shewell, second son of J. H. Turner, esq. to Jane-Anne, youngest dau. of E. R. Pickering, esq.-At Stoke, Robert, eldest son of the Hon. Lindsey Burrell, of Stoke Park, Suffolk, to SophiaJane, only child of Fred. W. Campbell, esq. of Barbreck, N.B.-At Clitheroe, the Rev. John Aspinall Addison, Perp. Curate of Barbon, Westmorland, youngest dau. of Leonard Wilkinson, esq. of Rock-house, Slaidburn.-At Broadclyst, the Rev. Thomas Shelford, Rector of Lambourne, Essex, to Caroline, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Wm. Barker, Rector of Silverton, Devon. 11. At Marylebone, Edward Brooke, esq. of the Inner Temple, to Christiana, eldest dau. of the late Walter Clerk, esq. of East Bergholt House, Suffolk. 12. At Mistley, Essex, Capt. Frederick Branderton, Scots Fusileer Guards, to Elizabeth-Mary-Anne, dau. of Lewis Agassiz, esq. of Stone Lodge, Bradfield.-At St. Marylebone, C. Evans, esq. of Ludgate-st. to Miss Schofield, late of Park-place, Chelsea.-At Brompton, Stephen Digby, eldest son of the late Adm. Robert Murray, to Georgiana-Francesca, dau. of J. G. Brett, esq. Grove House, Old Brompton. At Torr, Devon, L. O. Bigg, esq. of Clifton, to Eliza, widow of J. B. Brown, esq. of Torquay, Devon, and dau. of the late Arthur Hogue, esq. formerly of Calcutta. 14. The Rev. George B. S. Isbell, Minister of Providence chapel, Stoke, to Frances-Maria, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Charles Philpot, M. A. Rector of Ripple and Vicar of St. Margaret's, Kent.-At All Saints, Stamford, the Rev. Jas. Eastwick, M.A., of Colleyweston, to Charlotte, youngest dau. of William Thompson, esq. solicitor, Stamford. 15. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Edward Tylee, esq. of Oxford-sq. Hyde Park, to Hannah, youngest dau. of the late Sir David W. Smith, Bart.-At Booterstown Church, Rob. Wildbore, esq. of Tilton-on-the-Hill, Leic. to to Emily, eldest dau. of Wm. Stewart, esq. of Frescati, Blackrock, and of the Law Exchequer. 16. At Crich, Derb. the Rev. Urban Smith, M.A. Incumbent of Stoney Middleton, to Charlotte, eldest dau. of the late Mr. John Barlow, of Islington.-Rev. R. B. Bradley, B.A. Perp. Curate of Ash Prior's, Som., to Anna-Maria, only dau. of the late Charles Yeatman, esq. D. Med. 17. At Twickenham, William Newnham, esq. of Henrietta-st. Cavendish-sq., to Mary, eldest dau. of the late Col. W. A. S. Boscawen, and relict of Major W. H. Foy. At Walworth, Thomas, second son of John Laker Napper, esq. of Tisman's House, Sussex, to Frances-Coupland, only dau. of B. M. Harrison, esq. of Walworth.- -At Marylebone, William, eldest son of Archibald Little, esq. of Shabden Park, Surrey, to Emily-Ann, only child of the late James Bishop, esq. of Yorkterrace, Regent's Park. At Christ Church, the Rev. Thomas Ward. Curate of Dawley, Salop, to Mary-Anne, eldest dau. of William Ward, esq. of Abbey-road, St. John's Wood. -At Westham, Essex, Gustavus-Edward Hilleary, esq. of Stratford, to Susan, youngest dau. of the late Richard Mount, esq. of Laytonstone.- -At Chatteris, the Rev. Charles Tombs, third son of Major-Gen. John Tombs, E. I. service, to Mary, youngest dau of the Rev. R. Chatfield, LL.D., Vicar of Chatteris. -At Liverpool, Chas. Isaac, second son of the late Rev. Philip Yorke, of Horkesley, Essex, nephew of the Earl Somers, to Ellen, youngest dau. of the late John Leigh, esq. Sandhills.At Breedon, Worc. the Rev. T. A. Strickland, Rector of Breedon, to Anne, only dau. of the Rev. Henry Fitzgerald, of Castletown Delvin, Westmeath, and niece of Sir William Fitzgerald, Bart. 18. At Exeter, the Rev. A. F. Merivale, Fellow of Trinity Coll. Cambridge, and one of the Assistant Masters of Rugby School, to Juliana-Lavinia, fourth dau. of the late RearAdm. F. G. Bond. 19. At Wellingborough, Alfred, youngest son of the late Rev. G. W. Malim, Vicar of Higham Ferrers, to Jane-Elizabth, youngest dau. of the late C. H. Hodson, esq. of Wellingborough. 21. Rev. W. S. Birch, Rector of Easton Gray, Wilts, to Laura, youngest dau. of Jas. Neale, esq. of Woburn-place, London.---At Petworth, the Rev. W. C. Roughton, of Emmanuel Coll., Camb. to Lucy, second dau of the late John Blagden, esq. surgeon. OBITUARY. THE EARL OF SEAFIELD. Oct. 24. At Cullen House, co. Banff, after an illness of some weeks, in his 74th year, the Right Hon. Lewis-AlexanderGrant Ogilvy, Earl of Seafield, Viscount of Reidhaven, and Lord Ogilvy of Deskford and Cullen, in the peerage of Scotland, and a baronet of Nova Scotia. He was born the 22d March, 1767, the eldest son of Sir James Grant, of Grant, Bart. by Jean, only daughter of Mr. Alexander and Lady Anne Duff. He succeeded to the title of Baronet on the death of his father, Feb. 18, 1811; and on the 5th Oct. following, on the death of his grandmother's nephew, James Ogilvy, Earl of Findlater, and fourth Earl of Seafield, he inherited, in terms of the entail, the lands and baronies, and titles conferred by several patents of King William III. to the family of Ogilvy, the heirs male of the first Earl having then failed. Having died unmarried, he is succeeded in his titles and estates by his brother, the Hon. Col. Francis-William Grant (now Earl of Seafield), born 6th March, 1778, and married the 20th May, 1811, Miss Mary. Anne Dunn, only daughter of John Charles Dunn, esq. by whom he has a family of six sons and one daughter; his eldest surviving son, Mr. John Charles Grant, is now Viscount Reidbaven. The present Earl represented Elginshire and Nairnshire in eight parliaments, and only retired last session, when he was succeeded by Mr. Cumming Bruce. His Lordship is Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, and Colonel of the Inverness-shire Militia. LORD HENRY J. CHURCHILL. June 2. At Macao, in China, of dysentery, in his 43d year, Lord Henry John Churchill, Post Captain R. N. commanding H. M. ship Druid; only surviving brother to the Duke of Marlborough. His Lordship was born on the 22nd Sept. 1797, the fourth and youngest son of George fifth and late Duke of Marlborough, by Lady Susan Stewart, second daughter of Jobn seventh Earl of Galloway. He served as midshipman on board the Glasgow frigate, Capt. the Hon. Henry Duncan, C. B. in 1815. He was made a Lieut. into the Amphion 38, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore William Bowles on the South American station, July 14th, 1818; appointed to the Mar tin sloop, Capt. Christopher C. Askew, May 22d, 1821; promoted to the command of the Hind 20, on the Mediterranean station, April 25, 1823; advanced to the rank of Captain Aug. 4, 1826; and appointed to the Tweed 28, fitting out for the Cape of Good Hope station, May 18th, 1827. In Oct. following Lord Henry touched at St. Jago; and many days had not elapsed after his departure from that island before five of his midshipmen, their schoolmaster, and a servant, fell victims to brain fever, supposed to have been produced by sleeping on shore; among these unfortunate young gentlemen was a son of Capt. Geo. Aldham, R. N. The Tweed returned home, Jan. 21st, 1831, and was paid off at Portsmouth on the 9th of the ensuing month. His Lordship was last autumn appointed to the command of the Druid, the operations of which have produced a great sensation on the coast of China. Her crew is one of the finest in the navy, consisting entirely of picked men. Their captain has indulged in the fancy of making them wear long beards, depending in some cases to their waists. His Lordship held an appointment in the household of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex until his sailing for India. He was Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons in the Oxfordshire district, and has died a bachelor. The late Duke of Marlborough had six children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom are dead except the present Duke. The late Duke died on the 5th of March last, and Lord Chas. Churchill on the 29th of the following month. ADMIRAL LORD MARK R. KERR. Sept. 9. At his residence in Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, in his 64th year, Lord Mark Robert Kerr, a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, uncle to the Marquess of Lothian, and father of the Earl of Antrim. He was born on the 12th Nov. 1776, the third son of William-John fifth Marquess of Lothian, K. T. a General in the army, and Colonel of the 11th dragoons, by Elizabeth, daughter of Chichester Fortescue, esq. M.P. for the county of Louth, whose lady was the daughter of Richard first Lord Mornington, grandfather of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Lord Mark entered the naval service at an early age, and in 1792 was a Mid shipman of the Lion, 64, in which ship Lord Macartney proceeded on by embassy to China, and retursed from thence to England, Sept. 6, 1794, after an absence of two years. The Lion was at that time commanded by the late Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower, knt. Lord Mark served as a Lieutenant on board the Sans Pareil, of 80 guns, and was present in the action off l'Orient, June 23, 1795, when three French line-ofbattle ships fell into the bands of the British. He afterwards commanded the Fortune sloop of war, mounting 12 guns, on the Mediterranean station, under the orders of Sir John Jervis, by whom be was promoted, Feb. 18, 179, to be Captain of the San Ysidro. 74, one of the prizes taken four days before in the memorable battle of Cape St. Vincent. His Lordship's subsequent appointments were March 7, 1797, the day on which he was confirmed in his post rack, to the Danãe; Oct. 17th following, to the Cormorant, of 23 guns; and on the renewal of hostilities in 1803, to the Fiszard Frigate. The Cormorant formed part of the squadron ander Commodore Dick. worth, at the redaction of Minorea, in Nov. 1798; and on the 19th of March in the following year, captured the Spanish brig of war, El Vincelo. of 26 guns and 144 men. In the Fiscard, Lord Mark cruised with considerable activity and success on the coasts of Spain and Por tugal. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, July 19, 1921; and to that of Vice-Admiral in 1837. He married, July is, 1799, Lady Charlotte Kerr, who in 1834 succeeded her sister as Countess of Antrim; and d.ed on the 26th Oct. 1835. having had issue the numerous family of fifteen children, of whom six daughters and three sons survive. Their names are as follow: 1. Lady Letitia Louisa Kerr, who is unmarried; 2. Sidney-Augusta, died an infant; 3. William, died in 1819; 4. Mark, died an infant; 5. Lady Georgiana-AnneEmily, married in 1825 to the Hon. and Rev. Frederie Bertie, youngest brother of the Earl of Abingdon, and has a numerous family; 6. Lady Caroline-Mary, married in 1826 to the Rev. HoraceRobert Pechell, Chancellor of Brecon ; 7. Schomberg, who died an infant; e. Charles-Fortescue Viscount Duniace, who died in 1834, aged 21; 9. Lady Charlotte-Elizabeth, married in 1835 to George Osborn, esq. eldest son of Sir John Osborn, Bart.; 10. the Right Hon. Hugh-Seymour now Earl of Antrim, who married in 1836 Laura-Cecilia, fifth daughter of the Hon. Thomas Parker, and niece to the Earl of Maccles Azw. Sia SNIT NOTE G. 1.3. Ma* A: is rendenes. N. Rue & AresseLL FITA. aced To be Wilcam Sitter Sata. G.LB. Asura of the Ret ani Leteat-Getera IC the Ronal Mannes: 5.3. 1M KF.M. TAS CITAT né ár tetrated th meter of the last 12 was the time anĖ TANCES SOC of Cast Joan Stemmer Sex M irnen. SewEI, VIC SEPTH caring the seven years battle of Minden was ade-de cans 33 Lord George Swine at wards Gentleman Über geen Cjocte. His mother was Mary, MELLET of Piskey Tassos est, in scent berchant, but was. being sequest Mrs. Smin's mamare, left the MLA SE bis fortune to his order falne Laty Camelford. Sur Sidney was bom at Perk-lane, Tecate, and educat partly under Le. Koox a I: ingrare school, and partly by the Ker. N. Moegan at Buth. He soon manifested a great taste for the sea-wurrice, and was sett, before be mas tree years of age, as a mide top man on boars The SandwiED, Roder Lord Rodne7. At the age of the be was made a Lieutenant into the Aucte 74; and at nineteen a Post-Capan. As at the latter period the American war wa just briller to a dues be bad to oppor tunity of acting in the navy of L ́kora country; but war breaking out expect. edly between Russia and Swolen, Capt. Smith appled for leave to serve in the navy of the latter power. He was pre From sent at the engagement between the Duke of Sudermania and the Prince of Nawa, and was, for his conduct and bravery in that action, bonoured with the order of the Sword, and of which bis own sovereign approved bis acceptance. that time he was called Sir Sidney Smith. A peace between Sweden and Bassia again threw him out of active idle, and he travelled into the South of Europe. Hear ing that Lord Hood had got pomension of Toulon, be hastened thither, and oftered his services. Soon after bis arrival it was determined to evacuate the city; and the destruction of the ships-of-war, which could not be carried of, was en trusted to Sir Sidney. He succeeded in firing ten ships of the line, the arsenal, and frist-house; but much of these were saved by the exertions of the French. |