PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. Feb. 22. Knighted, George William Anderson, esq. Governor of the Mauritius. Feb. 27. Frederick-Benjamin Baron Saye and Sele (in order to commemorate his descent from and representation of the families of Fiennes and Wykeham, and his possession of the lordship and manor of Broughton, acquired by the intermarriage of his ancestor, Sir William Fiennes, Knt. who was summoned to Parliament as Baron Saye and Sele, in the reigns of King Henry VI. and King Edward IV. with Margaret the daughter and heir of William Wykeham, son and heir of Sir Thomas Wykeham, Knt.) to take and use the surnames of Wykeham-Fiennes, in addition to Twisleton, and bear the arms of Fiennes quarterly, in the first quarter. Feb. 28. Knighted, Capt. Thomas Seymour Sadler, Senior Exon of Her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard. March 2. Thomas James Ireland, of Owsden Hall, esq. to be Sheriff of Suffolk, vice Lord Henniker.-21st Foot, Lieut.-Col. T. G. Browne, from the 41st Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Major J. C. Peddie, who exchanges.-36th Foot, Major R.C. Smyth, from 93d Foot, to be Major, vice Major L. Rothe, who exchanges.Brevet, Capt. W. Dillon, 54th Foot, to be Major in the Army. March 3. Rear-Adm. A. Duff to be ViceAdmiral of the Blue; Capt. Sir A. P. Green, K.C.H. to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. March 9. 60th Foot, Capt. J. Robinson to be Major.-64th Foot, Lieut.-Col. N. Wilson, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col., vice Lieut.-Col. G. Duberley, who exchanges.Brevet, Lieut.-Gen. Sir C. J. Napier, G.C.B., to have the local rank of General in the Army in the East Indies (having been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's Forces in India, and an Extraordinary Member of the Council of India).-Robert Bryce Hay, esq. (late 93d Regt.), to be one of Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentleman-atArms, vice Tomkins. March 12. Retired Captains H. T. Davies and the Hon. H. D. Byng to be retired RearAdmirals, on the terms proposed 1st Sept. 1846. March 14. J. Craufurd, esq. Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or Sheriffdom of Perth, vice R. Whigham, esq. deceased. March 16. Hospital Staff, H. Hart, M.D., from 31st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class. March 19. Capt. W. B. Mends to be RearAdmiral of the Blue. March 20. James Robert Gardiner, esq. Barrister-at-Law, to discharge the duties of Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the room of Lord de L'Isle, resigned. -Joshua Wigley Bateman, esq. to discharge certain of the duties, not otherwise provided for, attached to the office of Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall, lately held by Sir Henry Wheatley, Bart. March 22. Sir George William Anderson, Knt. Governor of Mauritius, to be a Companion of the Bath (Civil Division). March 23. Earl Spencer and the Earl of Clarendon elected Knights of the Garter.27th Foot, Lieut.-Col. H. A. Magenis, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col., vice Lieut.Col. M. C. Johnstone, who exchanges.Brevet, Capt. W. H. Kenny, half-pay 61st GENT. MAG, VOL. XXXI. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. C. A. Swainson, B.D. to be one of her Rev. E. Arley, Monmouth V. Monm. Rev. H. P. Cholmondeley, Hamstall R. Staff. Rev. G. Dowell, Ruishton P.C. Somerset. Rev. J. Hodgson, Denham V. Suffolk. Rev. W. E. Jelf, Carleton V. Yorkshire. Rev. C. L. Royds, St. Mark P.C. Cuckfield, Rev. M. Seaman, Greenstead R. Essex. Rev. H. R. Smith, St. Mary P.C. Preston, Lanc. Rev. E. J. Speck, Stoke-Goldington and Gayhurst R. Bucks. Rev. J. Stackhouse, Thwaites-in-Millom V. Rev. F. J. Taylor, Haccome R. Devon. Rev. W. Williamson, Welton V. Lincolnsh. 3 H CHAPLAIN. Rev. J. G. Storie, M.A. to the Duke of Beaufort. CIVIL PROMOTIONS. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, to be British Minister at Washington. Mr. Arthur Hugh Clough (late Fellow of Oriel college, Oxford,) to be Principal of University Hall, London University. Mr. George Ledger, citizen and stationer, elected Bridgemaster of the city of London. Mr. Rowland to be Harbour-master of the port of London, vice Capt. Fisher, R.N. resigned; Lieut. Stone, R.N. second; Mr. James, of Gravesend, third; and Capt. Caffin, R.N. fourth Harbour-master. BIRTHS. Jan. 4. At the British Legation, Teheran, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Farrant, K.L.S. Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, a dau.-21. At Government House, Guindy, Madras, the wife of James A. Wedderburn, esq. Civil Service, a son. Feb. 6. At Government House, Fredericton, New Brunswick, the wife of Sir Edmund Head, Bart. a dau.--8. At Montreal, Canada, the wife of Dr. Stratton, surgeon R.N. a dau.11. At Montalto, Ballynahinch, co. Down, the Hon. Mrs. Ker, the wife of D. S. Ker, esq. a dau. -At Noseley Hall, the wife of Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, Bart. a dau.-14. At Courtland House, West Clifton, the wife of F. Elton, esq. a dau.---15. At Wilderness Park, the Marchioness Camden, a dau.-17. At the Deanery, York, the wife of John Michell, esq. a son.-19. At Leamington, the wife of the Hon. Humble Dudley Ward, a son.--20. At Adm. Giffard's, Southampton, the wife of Capt. Giffard, R.N. a son.--At Dover, the Hon. Mrs. Lloyd Anstruther, a son.-—21. In Upper Brook-st. Lady Guernsey, a son and heir. At Weston-super-Mare, the wife of Thomas Brabazon Aylmer, esq. a son.--At Winkton, near Christchurch, Hants, the Hon. Mrs. Harris, a son.--23. At Brighton, the wife of R. H. Russell, esq. Bengal Civil Service, a son. In Upper Grosvenor-st. the Hon. Mrs. Robert Peel Dawson, a dau.--At Brighton, the wife of Capt. Charles Conrad Grey, R.N. a dau.-24. At Boulogne-surMer, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Graves, a son. At Edinburgh, the wife of Sir Wm. Miller, Bart. of Glenlee, a dau.--At Pau, Basses Pyrénées, Lady Kilmaine, a son.-25. At Beacondale next Norwich, Lady Henrietta Harvey, a son.--At Stoke Hamond, Bucks, Lady Julia Bouwens, a dau.--At Cadoganplace, the Hon. Mrs. Augustus Liddell, a son. -26. At Trebinshun, Brecon, the wife of Capt. Gustavus Yonge, a son.--At Tywardreath Parsonage, Cornwall, the wife of the Rev. John Coventry, a son.--In Belgrave-sq. Lady Charles Thynne, a son.-At Exeter, the Hon. Mrs. J. W. Walrond, a son.--28. At Sandwell, Staffordshire, the Countess of Dartmouth, a dau. -At Mereworth Castle, the Right Hon. the Baroness Le Despencer, a son. Lately. At Williamstrip, co. Glouc. the wife of Sir Michael H. Hicks Beach, Bart. a dau.--In Grove-end-road, the Hon. Mrs. Seton, a dau.--At Maiden Bradley, Lady Algernon St. Maur, a son.--At Wembdon, near Bridgewater, Mrs. Henry Codrington, á dau. At Malta, the widow of the Rev. Sir Cecil A. Bisshopp, a dau.--The Marchioness of Blandford, a son. March 2. The wife of G. Manley Wether field, esq. of Great James-st. a son and heir.3. At the residence of her mother, Bentinckterr. Regent's Park, the Baronne de St. Mart, a son.--In St. James's-sq. the wife of Charles Sumner, esq. a son.-4. At St. George's-pl. the Lady Ernest Bruce, a son.-The wife of William Longman, esq. of Hyde Park-sq. a dau.--5. In Chester-st. Belgrave-sq. the wife of M. Wyvill, jun. esq. M.P. a son and heir.-8. In Princes-st. Edinburgh, the Lady Anne Home Drummond, a dau.--At Bath, the Hon. Mrs. Byron Cary, a dau.9. At Bath, the wife of Capt. George Curtis Adams, R.N. a dau.--In Portland-pl. the wife of Henry Tritton, esq. a son.-12. At Connaught-pl. Lady Mildred Hope, a dau.At Chatham, the wife of Capt. Charles Fanshawe, Royal Engineers, a son.-13. At Lee, Lanarksh. Lady Macdonald Lockhart, a son. 14. At Kidderminster, the Hon. Mrs. Claughton, a dau.--The wife of Bulkley J. M. Praed, esq. a son.-At Chettle, Dorset, the wife of Capt. Douglas Curry, R.N. a son. -15. At St. John's-wood, the wife of Robert Henry Mitford, esq. a son.-The wife of Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart. a son.-16. At Inchbrakie, Perthshire, the Hon. Mrs. Græme, a son.-At Upper Harley-st. Lady Laura Palmer, a dau.--17. At Marston Rectory, the Hon. Mrs. Richard Boyle, a son.-At Chesterfield House, the Marchioness of Abercorn, a son.-18. At Lilleshall, Salop, the wife of the Rev. H. G. Bunsen, a dau.At Plasgyn, Lady Vivian, a son.--At Lullingstone Castle, Kent, Lady Dyke, a dau.19. The wife of Lieut.-Col. Everest, a dau -At Stoneleigh Abbey, the wife of the Hon. H. P. Cholmondeley, a dau.-21. At Tunbridge Wells, the wife of Hen. Broadwood, esq. M.P. a son. In Arlington-st. Lady Walsingham, a son.-25. In Queen-sq. Bloomsbury, Mrs. Charles Rivington, a son. -26. In Harley-st. Mrs. William J. Jarvis, a son. MARRIAGES. Jan. 1. At Madras, John George Thompson, esq. Madras Civil Service, son of the Rev. M. Thompson, Rector of Brightwell, Berks, to Honoria-Mary, eldest dau. of Josiah Andrew Huddleston, esq. Madras Civil Service. 4. At Calcutta, the Rev. John Foy, Chaplain of Jessore, second son of William Foy, esq. of Seymour House, Little Chelsea, to Henrietta, dau. of the late Charles Rosenberg, esq. of Chelsea. 15. At Woolwich, T. W. Reeves, esq. of Church House, Beckley, Sussex, to Mary, second dau. of the late James Morley, esq. Ripon.- -At Bengal, Lieut. J. J. Dansey, 16th Grenadiers, eldest son of John Dansey, esq. of Blandford, to Mary-Ann, youngest dau. of the late Captain T. R. Fell, 40th N.I. 20. At Heston, Middlesex, Frederic Edmund Trimmer, esq. to Adelaide, dau. of the Rev. Edward Withers, of Sutton. 23. At St. Marylebone, the Rev. Daniel D. Sampson, M.A. Rector of Kingston, Camb. to lienrietta, second dau. of the late J. A. Thrupp, esq.--At St. Mary's Church, near Torquay, Frederic Jolliffe Bayly, esq. Capt. 91st Regt. eldest son of Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Bayly, of Burley Villa, Lyme Regis, to Mary, only dau. of the late William Maskell, esq. of Bath. At Ilfracombe, the Rev. William Whitelegg, M.A. Incumbent of St. George's, Hulme, to Mary, eldest dau. of the late William Goodlad, esq. of Cheetham-hill-At Kirk Malew, Isle of Man, Loftus Wigram, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, son of the late Sir Robt. Wigram, Bart. to Lady Catherine J. Douglas, youngest dau. of the late Earl of Selkirk. At Chadwell, Essex, Henry Sewell, esq. of Bloomsbury-sq. to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of the late Capt. Kittoe, R.N.At Ashby-dela-Zouch, the Rev. John Morewood Gresley, M.A. Rector of Seale, Leics. to Penelope, eldest dau. of the Rev. Marmaduke Vavasour, M.A. Vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.-At Axmouth, Devon, the Rev. Paul Bush, M.A. of South Luffenham, Rutland, to A. OliveriaCromwell, dau. of the late C. Russell, esq. At Homerton, the Rev. John Eyre Ashby, B.A. F.R.A.S. of Arundel, Sussex, to Maria, youngest dau. of Benj. Smith, esq. of the Grove, Hackney. 24. At Pulverbach, Salop, the Rev. Robert Green Jeston, Rector of Avon Dassett, Warw. to Louisa, fourth dau. of the late Rev. P. C. Guise, Rector of Craike, Durham, and niece of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Guise, Bart.-At Wellington, Shropshire, Robert Davies Jones, esq. third son of Pryce Jones, esq. of Cyffronnydd, Montgomeryshire, to Jane, third dau. of St. John Chiverton Charlton, esq. of Apley Castle, in the former county.-At Kensington, the Rev. Evan Evans, Vicar of Llanarmon-yn-Yale, Denbighshire, and Rural Dean, to Constantia, dau. of the late Stephen Vertue, esq. of Queensq. St. James's Park.--At Great Yarmouth, the Rev. Bowyer Vaux, M.A. Minister of St. Peter's Church, Great Yarmouth, to Jane, dau. of Harry Verelst Worship, esq.--At Clifton, the Rev. C. L. Eagles, B.A. to Isabella, youngest dau. of the late Henry Downer, esq. of Rocky-hill, Maidstone. 25. At Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Charles Boyton Halpin, esq. of Lincoln's-inn, third son of the Rev. N. I. Halpin, of Seville-place, Dublin, to Margaret-Grace, third dau. of William Milligan, esq. M.D. of Nuneaton.At Handsworth, Staffordshire, the Rev. Henry W. Tibbs, M.A. Curate of Sheriffhales, Shropshire, to Agnes-Alldridge, dau. of William Linwood, esq. of Birchfield, Handsworth.--At Woolpit, Suffolk, Henry Julian Hunter, esq. second son of Joseph Hunter, esq. F.S.A. Torrington-sq. to Maria, youngest dau. of John Slaytor, esq. of Woolpit. -At Brampton Brian, Hereford, the Rev. Arthur H. Winnington Ingram, Rector of Harvington, Worc. fourth son of the Rev. E. W. Ingram, Canon of Worcester, to Sophia-Mary, only dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. George Arnold, Hon. East India Co's Service. 26. At Lowestoft, the Rev. William H. Andrews, M.A. Rector of Carlton Colville, only son of William Andrews, esq. of Gothic Lodge, Romford, Essex, to Louisa, only child of the late Rev. Edw. Jermyn, M.A. Rector of Carlton Colville. 27. At Hadley, Thomas Henry Street, esq. of Philpot-lane, and Northend, Hampstead, to Jane-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the Rev. George Proctor, D.D. Rector of Hadley. 29. At Southsea, Hants, Charles-George, eldest son of Charles Mott, esq. of Church Stretton, Shrops. to Sophia, youngest dau. of the late P. Breton, esq. H.E.I.C.S. Calcutta. At Hillmorton, Warwickshire, the Rev. Douglas Cooper, B.A. eldest son of John Douglas Cooper, esq. of Holme Cottage, Derb. to Mary, youngest dau. of the late Peter Wyon, esq. of Birmingham.--At Burham, Frederick Thomson Raikes, esq. late of 62nd Regt, to Harriett Hobbs, youngest dau. of the late James Hobbs, esq. solicitor, of London. 30. At Dublin, the Earl of Devon, to Miss Elizabeth Ruth Scott, niece of the Earl of Meath, and of Jas. Scott, esq. Q.C.- -At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. the Rev. R. D. Denny, second son of the late Sir E. Denny, Bart. of Tralee Castle, co. Kerry, to Frances J. K. Waller, only dau. of T. Waller, esq. formerly of Ospringe, Kent.-At Sharnford, Leic. the Rev. Wm. Wilkinson, of Burbage, to Sophia, dau. of Eagle Willett, esq. of St. Stephen's-rd. --At Claygate, Surrey, Edwd. Latrobe Budd, esq. to Margaret, fourth dau. of Col. Robert Douglas, C.B. late Royal Art.-At Wonersh, near Guildford, Joseph Stevenson, esq. B.A. late of Trin. coll. Camb. to Elizabeth-Charlotte, fifth dau. of the Rev. W. H. Cole.--At St. Pancras New Church, John Cunliffe Pickersgill, esq. second son of John Pickersgill, esq. of Tavistock-sq. to Helen-Hutton, second dau. of the Rev. Thomas Dale, Canon of St. Paul's.--At Streatham, Henry James, youngest son of the late Robert Brown, esq. of Welfield House, Streatham, to Fanny, eldest dau. of the late Henry Crabb, esq. of Temple Dinsley, Hitchin, Herts; and at the same time, Frederick Collingridge, esq. to Jessie-Pierson, youngest dau. of the late Henry Crabb, esq. 31. At Northampton, William Broughton Pryce, esq. commanding the East India Ship Windsor, son of Cap. Pryce, R.N. to JessieJane-Charlotte, only dau. of Thomas Beetson, esq. late of Funchal, Maderia.-At Abergavenny, the Rev. A. Brooke Clarke, of Arthurstown, co. Wexford, to Caroline-Hill, eldest dau. of William Steel, esq. Lately. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Thomas, second son of the late Col. Bulkeley, of Huntley Hall, Staffordshire, to ElizabethFrances-D'Oyly, youngest dau. of the late W. Bayley, esq. of Stockton-on-Tees.-At Hampton, the Rev. Edward Johnstone, Vicar of Hampton with Hampton Court, and younger son of the late Alexander Johnstone, esq. of Lochhead, Aberdeensh. N.B. to Fanny, elder dau. of J. Edward Mills, esq. Feb. 1. At Aldeburgh, J. W. Brooke, esq. of Sibton Park, Suffolk, only son of J. Brooke, esq. of Armitage Bridge, Yorksh. to JemimaCharlotte, third dau. of the late James Brittain, esq. of Buenos Ayres.-At Boston, Linc. the Rev. John Bridges Storry, M.A. Vicar of Great Tey, Essex, to Martha, fifth surviving dau. of the late Rev. John Glover.-At Southsea, Charles J. W. G. Cerjat, Lieut. R.N. second son of the late Col. Cerjat, 1st Dragoon Guards, to Helen, third dau. of the late Major Mill, and widow of Charles Leaviss, esq.--At St. Margaret's Westminster, the Rev. Vernon Pearce Taylor, M.A. Perpetual Curate of Pitcombe and Wyke Champflower, Somerset, to Sarah, eldest dau. of William Irving, esq. of Great George-st.-At Puddletown, Dorset, Capt. John Temple West, Grenadier Guards, eldest son of Adm. Sir John West, K.C.B. to Margaretta, only child of Sir John G. R. De la Pole, Bart. of Shute House, Devon.-At Norwood, the Rev. Frederick Fisher, M.A. of Magdalen col. Cambridge, and Haldenham, Herts, fourth son of Robert Fisher, esq. of Chetwynd-lodge, Shropsh. to Mary, younger dau. of Wm. Hayes, esq. of the Middle Temple, and the Priory, Norwood.-At St. Pancras New Church, George Harvey Williams, esq. M.D. of Oswestry, to Ellen, dau. of Joseph Cooper, esq. of Wrexham. 6. At Mitcham, the Rev. George Robinson, Rector of Bisley, Surrey, to Jane-Eleanor, only dau. of Boyd Miller, esq. of Collier's wood, Surrey.At Guildford, George Paine, esq. of the Rookery, Frensham, Surrey, to MaryJane, eldest dau. of the late George Potter, esq.At Compton Bassett, Henry, son of Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. to Matilda, eldest dau. of G. H. Walker Heneage, esq. M.P.At Brompton, Chatham, the Rev. J. George Jesseps, M.A. of Topcroft, Norfolk, to Letitia, eldest dau. of Major Henry Anderson, of Fort Amherst, Chatham. 7. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. Horatio Nelson William Comyn, Rector of Brunstead, Norfolk, to Elizabeth, only dau. of the late Rev. Dr. Martyn, Rector of St. Georgethe-Martyr, Queen's-square, Bloomsbury. At St. Sepulchre's, the Rev. W. N. Griffin, B.A. 8. At Paddington, Robert, son of John Knox, esq. of Rushbrook, Londonderry, to Magdalen-Elizabeth-Marion, eldest dau.; and at the same time, the Rev. Charles Green, Rector of Buxhall, Suffolk, to Helen-MaryAnn, second dau. of Major Walker, of Levington, Suffolk.At St. George's Hanover-sq. the Rev. George Hill, of Halton, Bucks, to Emily. Frances, youngest dau. of the late Thomas Daniell, esq. of Little_Berkhamstead, Herts. At St. George's Hanover-sq. the Rev. J. Beadon Rogers, to Mary-Anne, dau. of George Belben, esq. of Poole, Dorset.-At Cheltenham, Richard Shubrick, esq. Captain 5th Madras Inf. to Flora-Anne, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, K.C.B. and widow of R. N. Maclean, esq. Captain Bengal Army.- -At Knightsbridge, Horatio Nelson Fisher, youngest son of the Rev. Edmund Fisher, of Linton, Camb. to Frances, dau. of the late Samuel Smith, D.D. Rector of Dry Drayton, Camb. and Preb. of Durham.At Wippingham, I. W. Charles Paget Blake, esq. M.D. Surgeon R.N. son of Capt. G.C. Blake, R.N. Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to Caroline, youngest dau. of John Cooke, esq. of Belle Croft, Newport, I.W.At Nether Whitacre, Warw. Robert Faux, esq. of Cliffe House, Leic. to Catharine, dau. of the late Richard Faux, esq. of New House Grange, Leicestershire.At Itchenor, near Chichester, Murray, second son of George Marshall, esq. of Broadwater, near Godalming, to Eliza, fourth dau. of William Gilbs, esq. of Itchenor-house, Sussex.At Canterbury, the Hon. Francis Charles Drummond, fourth son of the Viscount Strathallan, to Charlotte-Mary-Athol, only surviving dau. of the late Sir Herbert Oakeley, Bart. -At Boxmoor, Herts. Henry Newton Heale, esq. of Highfield, Hemel Hempstead, to AnneJudith, eldest dau. of Charles Aston Key, esq. of St. Helen's-place, and the Lawn, Hemel Hempstead.-At Armagh, Commodore Henry Eden, R.N. Superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, to Elizabeth-Harriet-Georgiana, dau. of the late Lord George Beresford.- At Sandhurst, Glouc. Edward M. Kesteven, esq. of Holloway, to Constance-Eliza, dau. of Win. Cother, esq. of Sandhurst. 9. At Brompton, Kent, the Rev. J. George Jessep, M.A. of Topcroft, Norfolk, to Letitia, eldest dau. of Major Henry Anderson, Staff, of Fort Amherst, Chatham. 10. At St. George's Queen-square, Robert Harrison, esq. of Hackney, to Eliza-Lambert, eldest dau. of the late T. P. Hart, esq. of Sevenoaks, and widow of James Gellatly, esq. M.D. Southwark. At Southampton, Edwin Burt, esq. of Montacute, Somerset, to EmmaMargaret, widow of Alexander Mackay, esq. and dau. of Mr. Charles H. Smales, of Van Diemen's Land.-At Long Ashton, near Bristol, Rudd Lucas, esq. to Harriette, young. dau. of James William Chadwick, esq.-At Edinburgh, the Rev. Franklin Tonkin, Diocesan Missionary, youngest son of the Rev. N. Tonkin, of Lelant Vicarage, Cornwall, to Beatrix, youngest dau. of the late Capt. Dobbie, R.N. of Saling Hall, Essex. At St. George's Queen-sq. Robert Harrison, esq. of Hackney, to Eliza-Lambert, eldest dau. of the late Thomas Peter Hart, esq. of Sevenoaks, and widow of James Gallatly, esq. M.D. of Southwark. 13. At Plymouth, Fisher Negus, esq. R.N. to Mary-Jane-Vyvyan, eldest dau. of the late Aaron Scobell, esq. Penzance.- -At Birmingham, Arthur Macgregor Skinner, esq. Comm. R.N. to Elizabeth-Ellen, only dau. of the late Benj. Challinor, esq. of Derby. -At Kempston, Beds. the Rev. James Bush, jun. M.Ä. to Augusta, only dau. of Robert Newland, esq. of Kempston House, At Guestling, Sussex, Mr. Thomas Foster, of Telegraph-house, Icklesham, to Miss Mary Sisley, niece to Lady Ashburnham, of Guestling. At Brighton, the Rev. Henry William Hodgson, Curate of Wrotham, Kent, second son of Christopher Hodgson, esq. of Dean's-yard, Westminster, to Anne-Elizabeth, dau. of the late William Atkins Bowyer, esq. of the Manor Estate, Clapham. At Bath, the Rev. F. O. Mayne, Chaplain to the H.E.I.C. and third son of C. O. Mayne, esq. of the Manor House, Stanmore, to Elizabeth-Louisa, eldest dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. James Blair, E.I.C.S.-At Wareham, Dorset, the Rev. John Burt, Incumbent of Hoo and Letheringham, Suffolk, to Frances, fourth dau. of the late Adm. Hanwell, and sister to Lieut.-Col. Hanwell, R.A. -At Christ Church, Downside, in the parish of Midsomer Norton, the Rev. P. S. Dobree, of Ronceval, Guernsey, to Charlotte, younger dau. of the late Jas. Maxwell Thompson, esq. of the Regent's Park, London. 14. At Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, Thomas Henry Chubb, esq. of Malmesbury, Wilts, to Harriett-Jane, dau. of George Augustus Ward, esq.- At the Catholic Church, St. John'swood, Robert T. Gerard, esq. brother of Sir John Gerard, Bart. to Harriet, dau. of Edw. Clifton, esq. Dorset-sq.-At Tor Church, the Rev. John Blackburn, Rector of Horton, Glouc. to Matilda-Catherine, eldest dau. of the Rev. Richard Fayle, Minister of Trinity Church, Torquay.- -At Iron Acton, John Nicholls, esq. of the Manor House, to Julia, dau. of E. Cornock, esq. of Acton-lodge. 15. At Lyme Regis, R. M. Kirkby, esq. of Hull, Yorkshire, to Catherine-Charlotte, third dau. of Comm. William Murley, R.N.-At. St. Mary's Lambeth, F. Clayton Strelley, esq. of Okerthorpe, Derbyshire, to Frances, eldest surviving dau. of the late Rev. C. Paynter, of St. Columb Minor, Cornwall.-At Laugharne, in Carmarthenshire, the Rev. John James Smith, Senior Fellow of Gonville and Caius college, Cambridge, to Agues-Maria, second dau. of Joseph George Mitford, esq. -At St. Mary Lambeth, Edmund, youngest son of R. Cobbett, esq. of Northumberland-st. Strand, to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Mr. William Thomas Nixon, of Palace New-road, Lambeth. At Westmeston, James Abbott Lloyd, esq. late Collector of her Majesty's Customs at the port of Sunderland, to Laura, eldest dau. of John Marten Cripps, esq. of Noving. ton, Sussex.-At Camberwell, William, second son of the late James Puckle, esq. to Mary, second dau. of the late John Hodgkinson, esq. of Snow-hill.At St. Peter's Eatonsq. Archibald James Campbell, esq. only son of the late Major-Gen. Archibald Campbell, C.B. of Inverneil, Argyleshire, to EleanorAnne, only surviving dau. of the late Abel Ram, esq. of Ramsfort, co. of Wexford, and Portswood-lodge, Hants.- At Dover, William Langley Tudor, esq. Major 50th (Queen's Own) Regt. to Anne, youngest dau. of the late John Elliott, esq. of Ryde, Isle of Wight.-At St. James's Piccadilly, Comm. Charles Codring. ton Forsyth, R.N. to Jane-Facey, eldest daŭ. of John Tillett, esq. late of Liverpool, and niece of Captain Diggory Facey, R.N. 20. At Arlecdon, Cumberland, W. Stitt Wilson, esq. of Norwich, to Anne, eldest dau. of the late Thomas Dixon, esq. of Rheda, Cumberland. OBITUARY. THE KING OF HOLLAND. March 17. At the Hague, aged 56, his Majesty William II. King of Holland. William Frederick George Louis, Prince of Orange Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, and Duke of Limburg, the eldest son of William I. King of the Netherlands, by Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, daughter of Frederick William II. King of Prussia, was born on the 6th Dec. 1792, at the very moment when revolutionary France had consummated the confusion of Europe by the invasion of the Austrian Netherlands. The situation of his family was no less critical than peculiar. The two parties into which the Dutch population had long been divided had some years before declared open warfare against each other, and in 1783 the Stadtholder, by the influence of the aristocratic party at Amsterdam, was suspended from his principal functions. In 1787, however, he had been restored by the armed intervention of Prussia, and a triple alliance between Prussia, Holland, and Great Britain had been formed to guarantee the House of Orange in its hereditary prerogatives. For five years, therefore, had the family of the young Prince been confirmed in its position, but the circumstances of its restoration still rankled in the mind of a large portion of the people, and the aspect of events daily added strength and confidence to the "patriotic party. At length came the day of trial. After the victory of Jemappe the Republican troops were ordered to pursue the Austrians into Holland, and the intregrity of the United Provinces was no longer even nominally regarded. At this juncture, Prince William was born. For a few months success seemed to attend the efforts of the new coalition, and the battle of Neerwinden promised peace and security to Holland. But terrorism in Paris soon drove overwhelming hordes of desperadoes to the frontiers; a frost of extraordinary severity destroyed the natural bulwarks of the United Provinces; Dutch ships were taken by charges of French cavalry over fields of ice; and at the age of thirteen months the infant Prince was carried away from his native country to pass in England the first period of his life. Familiarized from his earliest childhood with English habits and institutions, the Prince of Orange became thus almost an adopted son of the Royal House of England. Here he was educated under the care of Dr. Howley, (the late Archbishop of Canterbury,) and here he had the opportunity of observing the benefits derivable from free institutions-a knowledge which, at a later and most critical period of his life, he turned to good account. During the interval which had elapsed between his first arrival in England as a child and his arrival at manhood, French influence was too strong in Europe to allow of a hope that his father would recover his lost position in the Netherlands. The throne of Holland had been occupied by a brother of the Emperor Napoleon. But this did not deter the young Prince of Orange from joining his efforts to those of the other dispossessed Princes of Europe in the struggle against the imperial despotism. At nineteen years of age, having previously received a military training, the Prince of Orange was nominated a Colonel in the British army (by commission dated 17 Oct. 1811), and he went out to Spain to join Lord Wellington, to whom he was made an extra aidede-camp. In this capacity he followed the fortunes of the British army from the year 1811 to 1814; being promoted to the rank of Major-General 13 Dec. 1813; Lieut.-General and General in 1814. There are few European Princes who have seen so much service as fell to the lot of the deceased monarch. He was present in some of the hottest engagements of the Peninsular war-was at the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajos. He distinguished himself in the battles of Salamanca and Vittoria,* the battle of the Pyrenées, and of Nivelle. For these ser 'I particularly request your Lordship to draw the attention of H.R.H. the Prince Regent to his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange, whose conduct in the field, as well as upon every other occasion, entitles him to my highest commendation, and has acquired for him the respect and regard of the whole army."-Wellington from Salamanca. "Colonel H.S.H. the Hereditary Prince of Orange was in the field as my Aide-deCamp, and conducted himself with his usual gallantry and intelligence."-Wellington from Vittoria, |