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one of Nelson's seamen on board the Victory, at Trafalgar; he likewise fought under that great hero at the Nile, and had been in forty-four engagements.

May 27. At Hull, Mary, second dau. of the late Rev. S. Knight, M.A. Vicar of Halifax.

May 29. At Kirkella, near Hull, aged 80, Anne, relict of John Sykes, esq.

May 30. Ann, wife of Thomas Walker, esq. solicitor, of York.

June 3. Aged 64, Robert Keddey, esq. of Hull.

June 10. At Morley, near Leeds, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Webster, aged 79, Mary, relict of Thomas Bell, esq. of Portington, near Howden.

WALES.-May 18. In South Wales, aged 55, Lieut. Richard Buxton, R.N. (1826) eldest son of the late Mr. John Buxton, of Redenhall, Norfolk.

May 20. At the residence of her brother, Mr. T. L. Williams, Bute Docks, Cardiff, aged 44, Mary, wife of J. B. Pellein, esq. of Truro.

May 23. In Gresford Vale, Denbighshire, Elizabeth-Frances, wife of Major Wilbraham, Royal Fusiliers.

SCOTLAND. May 12. At Edinburgh, Comm. Peter Burn (retired from the Master's List on 10s. 6d. per diem in July, 1846). He was a Master of 1794, and served in the Russell, at Copenhagen, in 1801.

May 16. At Kildarroch, Borgue, aged 67, William Nicholson, the Galloway poet. At the time the Ettrick Shepherd was engaged in the composition of "The Queen's Wake," the deceased appeared in Edinburgh, armed with manuscripts for publication, which the author of " Kilmeny,” and other deathless lays, exhibited his usual good-nature in revising with the greatest scrupulosity. The volume was well received, and about twenty years afterwards ran to a second edition, published in Dumfries, to which was prefixed a memoir of the author.

May 20. At Abbotsmeadow, Melrose, John Bruce, esq.

May 26. At Wick, aged more than 100, Alexander Chisholm, pensioner. He was baptised at Strathglass on the 8th of May, 1749. He served in the 6th and 42nd Regiments for 37 years as a soldier, and regularly drew a pension for more than half a century. Within twenty days of his death Chisholm danced Gillie Callum over his own stick, singing the pipe tune at the same time! He lived on simple food, generally consisting of oat-cake and

tea.

June 5. At Edinburgh, Amelia-Marian, relict of George Robins, esq. of Kensington Garden-terrace.

June 6. In Edinburgh, Henrietta-Callender, wife of Sir Adam Hay, Bart. of Smithfield and Haystoune. She was the eldest daughter of the late William Grant, esq. of Congalton, co. Haddington; and was married in 1823.

IRELAND.-April 22. At Churchtown house, Killarney, of cholera, aged 55, Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, the 3d Bart. (1809.) He was the eldest son of Sir Robert the 2d Bart. by his cousin Rosanna, dau. of Arthur Blennerhassett, esq. and succeeded his father in 1831. Having died unmarried, he is succeeded by his next brother, now Sir Robert.

May 19. At the residence of the Rev. G. Hamilton Ash, of Ballaghy, co. Derry, aged 9, Sarah-Jane, youngest dau. of the late Robert Algar, esq. of Drogheda.

May 20. At Athlone, aged 22, after only five hours' cholera, Isabella-Sophia, wife of Major Longworth, 31st Reg.; and on the following day, of the same disease, at the same place, aged 18, Emily-Adelaide Rathborne, sister of Mrs. Longworth, third dau. of William Rathborne, esq. of Scripplestown House, co. Dublin.

Lately. At the Isle of Meynish, Connemara, Daniel Bowden Smith, esq.

JERSEY.-June 4. Whilst on a visit in Jersey, aged 58, John Reeks, esq. of Kennington, and late of the Excise Office; also, on the same day, at Kennington, aged 52, Maria-Henrietta, his wife.

EAST INDIES.-April 14. At Benares, Major Anthony Highmore Jellicoe, 55th Bengal Native Infantry.

WEST INDIES.-April 19. At Mount Pleasant, St. Christopher's, John-Hunter, eldest son of the late Rev. J. H. Walwyn, of that island.

ABROAD.-Jan. 26. At Frankfort on the Maine, after a short illness, Madame de Buttler, third daughter of Thomas Richard Beaumont and sister of Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, esq. of whom a memoir is given in our present Magazine.

March 12. On board the Owen Glendower, on the passage to England, Capt. William Edward Rawlinson, Bombay Fusiliers, son of the late John Rawlinson, esq. of Wimpole-st. London, and Andover, Hants.

April 22. At Paris, aged 82, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Walker, esq. of Dartford. April 25. At Funchal, Madeira, of consumption, aged 29, Robert Hugh Smith Barry, esq. late Capt. of 10th Hussars. May 6. At Liege, Lieut. William Edward Fiott, R.N. (1810).

May 7. At Frankfort, aged 97, Caroline, mother of the Rothschilds. She died in the humble house in the Judengasse which was the birth-place of her children. Through life she refused to abandon this

roof, although she might have exchanged it for a palace.

May 8. At Pau, in the south of France, Lucy, wife of the Rev. William Bankhead, and youngest surviving dau. of the late Meadows Taylor, esq. of Diss.

May 12. At Peterborough, West Canada, Lieut. Robert Pepperell Madge, R.N. (1815).

May 13. At Brussels, aged 26, MaryForbes, second dau. of the Venerable George Hodson, M.A. Archdeacon of Stafford, and Canon of Lichfield.

May 15. At Coutances, in Normandy, Commander John Farrant, on the retired list of 1830, and a Lieutenant of 1808. Shortly after entering the navy he was at the memorable battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, as midshipman of the Royal Sovereign, where he was so severely wounded as to be considered dead, and

was about to be thrown overboard, but subsequently rallied and survived. As Lieut. of the Scout he served in her boats in the Bay of Rosas in 1809, and was reported officially for his gallantry. In the course of his career he received 33 wounds, by which during the last few years of his life he was rendered nearly blind and wholly crippled. He was granted a pension for wounds in 1818, and in 1839 had the Lieutenant's out-pension of Greenwich Hospital conferred upon him. He also received a medal with six clasps.

May 18. At Florence, Geraldine-Hathorn, fifth dau. of the late Michael Henry Perceval, esq. Collector of H.M. Customs, Quebec.

June 2. At Naples, George Burdett, esq. only son of the late Capt. Burdett, R.N.

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TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OF LONDON.
(From the Returns issued by the Registrar-General.)

Deaths Registered

Under 15 to 60 and Age not Total. Males. Females.

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PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, JUNE 25. Hay, 27. 108. to 37. 158.-Straw, 11. 8s. to 11. 13s.-Clover, 21. 15s. to 51. Os. SMITHFIELD, JUNE 25. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs. Head of Cattle at Market, JUNE 25. Beasts..... 3017 Calves 309 Sheep and Lambs 30,420 Pigs 240

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38. 2d. to 48. 6d.
COAL MARKET,
Walls Ends, from 15s. 3d. to 178. Od. per ton.
TALLOW, per cwt.-Town Tallow, 398. 6d.

Other sorts from 138. 6d. to 20s. Od. Yellow Russia, 408, Od.

METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND.
From May 26 to June 25, 1849, both inclusive.

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