1995.] [ 463 ] PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. Office of Ordnance, Oct, 10. Royal Reg of Art. Lieut-col. Macdonald to be Col. -Major and Brevet Leiut.-col. Holcombe to be Lieut.-col,Capt, and Brevet Major Addams to be Major. War Office, Oct. 21. 78th Reg. Capt.Doug las to be Maj. by purchase, v. Falconer. 81st Brevet Maj. Horton to be Maj. vice Taylor. -88th, Maj. Heathcote, 27th foot, to be Maj-92d, Capt Winchester to be Maj. Unattached: to be Lieut.-cols. of Infantry, Maj. P. Taylor, 81st Foot-Maj. Falconer 78th Foot. To be Major of Infantry, Capt. Webb, 3d Light Dragoons. Oct. 22, Sir E. Thornton, late Minister Plenip, to Portugal, to bear the title of Conde de Cassilhas, conferred on him by his Portuguese Majesty. War Office, Oct, 28. Staff; Maj. Fitzroy to be Deputy Adj.-gen. to the troops at the Cape of Good Hope, with the rank of Lieut.col. in the army, Unattached: Major England, 23d Foot, to be Lieut.-col, of Inf. To be Majors of Infantry: Capts. Cham bers, 29th Foot. O'Grady, $3d Foot. Whichcote, 4th Drag. Guards. Wood, 65th Foot-Perceval, Rifle Brigade, Nov. 8. George Bragge Prowse, of Yeo. vil, Somerset, Esq. to take the surname, and bear the arms of Prina.. War Office, Nov. 11. 2d Life Guards, Capt. Barton to be Major,-7th Drag. Gds, Major Grey to be Lieut.-col.-Brevet Lieut.col. Lord Hill to be Major. -19th Reg. Capt. Dobbin to be Major, 60th Reg. Brevet Lieut.-col. Galiffe to be Lieut.-col. -Brevet Major Thorn to be Major. Unattached: Capt. Ellis, 16th Light Drag. to be Major of Infantry. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. H. Wetherell, Pebendary of Gloucester Cathedral. Rev. C. Barnwell Barnwell, Mileham R. Norfolk. Rev. G. W. Butler, St. Nicholas R. co. Nott. Rev. J. Jones, Bodedeyrn P. C. Angleses. Rev. R. Walsh, Six-mile-bridge R, Ireland. Rev. W. Moore, Chaplain to Earl of Do. noughmore. Rev. T. Randolph, Chapl. in Ord. to the King. DISPENSATION Rev. T. Brown, Rector of Conington, Cambridgeshire, to hold Westow R. Huntingd. CIVIL PREFERMENT. Rev. J. Dove, Stoke Golding Grammar. school co, Leicester. BIRTHS. Oct. 19. At St. Austin's, Wilts, Mrs, Ralph Allen Daniell, a dau.-20. At Cam berwell House, Bradford, Wilts, Mrs. Rich. Thos. Bateman, a son. — 22. At Swindon, Mrs. Amb. Goddard, a dau,-24. At Beverley, the wife of Capt. Fred. Robertson, a son.-30. At Craythorne-house, Tenterden, Mrs. Fred. Adams, a son.-At West Leke, Notts, the wife of Rev. Charles Oxenden, Lately, At Hamburgh, the wife of Rev. Richard Baker, Brit. Chaplain, a daughter, Nov. 1. In Norfolk-st. Park-lane, Lon don, Lady Combermere, a daughter.-3. At Bagborough-house, Somerset, Mrs. Francis Popham, a dau.-5. In Brownlow-street, Liverpool, the wife of Capt. Wm. Sage, a dau-6. At Bath, the wife of Rev. J. R. Hopper, a dau.-9. At Wadley-house, Farringdon, Berks, Mrs. H. Weyland Powell, a dau. At the Minster Parsonage, Beverley, Mrs. Robert Machell, a son. → 13. At Compton-house, Farringdon, the wife of Capt. W. B. Dashwood, R. N. a dau, -14. The wife of the Rev. S. E. Batten, Harrow, a dau.-At his house, Montaguesquare, the wife of Mr. J. Taylor, a dau.→ 12. At Pontefract, Mrs. Flintoff Leatham a son.-In Harcourt-street, Dublin, Mrs. J. T. Boileau, a son.-18. The wife of James Woodford, Esq. of Devonshire-street, Portland-place, a son.-Lady Burghersh, a son. -19. In Somerset-street, Portman-sq. Mrs, C. H. Pilgrim, a son, MARRIAGES. [ 464 ] MARRIAGES. May 17. At Madras, John Rob. Cuppage, esq. third son of Lieut.-Gen. Cuppage, R. A. to Anne, youngest dau. of John Underwood, esq. of Vizagapatam. Sept. 20. At Gretna Green, the Rev. Tho. Caton, to Louisa Frances Lumley, 2d dau. of the Hon. and Rev. John Lumley Saville; afterwards remarried at Womersley, co. York. Sept. 30. At. Pancras, Mr. W. R. Tymms, of Bath, to Miss Eliz. Frances Hall, of Reading. Lately, at Whitchurch, the Rev. J. Morrall, Fellow of Brazenoze Coll. to Eliz. relict of the late Rev. R. Mayow.- -At Over Kellet, the Rev. Sir Rich. Le Fleming, Bart. M. A. Rector of Grasmere and Bowness, Westm. to Sarah, third dau. of late W. B. Bradshaw, esq. of Alton-hail, Lanc. Oct. 15. At Heydon, Norfolk, Henry Handley, Esq. M. P. to Hon. Caroline Edwardes, eldest dau. of Lord Kensington. Oct. 17. At Glenericht Cottage, Perthshire, the Rev. Allan, son of late Colonel Allan Macpherson, of Blairgourie, Perths. to Margaret, youngest dau. of late William Chalmers, of Glenericht. Oct. 19. At Walcot, Bath, Edw. Hyde Clarke, esq. to Miss Georg. Cath. Terisa O'Moran, of Brunswick-place, Walcot. Oct. 20. At Grays, Tho. Ingram, esq. to Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Rich. Webb, esq. of Belmont, Essex.-At Great Yarmouth, J. H. Munro, esq. of Keppell-st. Russell-sq. to Amelia, youngest dau. of T. Steward, esq.-Rev. Luke Forster, of Blackburn, Lanc. to Miss S. Vale, of Brunswick-pl. City-road.--Henry Locock, esq. of Euston-sq. to Susan, youngest dau. of Rev. Wm. Smyth, R. of Great Linford, Bucks.At Wells, Major H. C. Streatfield, 87th Reg. to Eleanor, dau. of late Harry Darby, Esq.--At Doncaster, the Rev. James Jackson Lowe, Fellow of Brazenoze Coll. to Cath. Mary, only dau. of T., W. Tew, Esq. of Doncaster, banker. Oct. 22. At Eltham, Rev. B. Guest, A.M. of Everton, Liverpool, to Eliz. Cath. eldest dau. of T. Lingham, esq. of Shooter's-hill. -At Chelsea, Alex. Hall, Esq. of Austin Friars, to Jane Mary Anue, d. of Ashburnham Bulley, esq. of Durham-place, Chelsea. Oct. 25. At St. James's, Westminster, Win. John Symons, esq. of Chapel-street, Grosvenor-pl. to Anne Emma Crewe. Oct. 29. At the Vice-Regal Lodge, Dublin, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to Mrs. Patterson, an American lady of great fortune, and a Catholic. The ceremony was performed, in the first instance, by his Grace the Lord Primate. The bride was given away by the Bishop of Raphoe, and the marriage was afterwards solemnized by the Papist Archbishop of Dublin. [Nov. Nov. 2. At St. James, Westminster, Sam. R. Jarvis, esq. of Fair Oak House, Hants, to Eliz. dau. of late Rev. Peter Murthwaite, Rector of Newnham, Oxf.--5. At Knutsford, Tho. Parr, esq. of Appleton, to Clara, dau. of late Rev. Croxton Johnson.At Thurston Church, Suffolk, Geo.Gataker, esq. of Mildenhall, to Eliz. 3d dau. of Tho. Wilkinson, esq. of Nether Hall.——6. At Melcombe Regis, Edw. Smith Delamain," esq. 67th reg. to Jessie Anna, dau. of late Robt. Waugh, esq.- -At Poole, Jos. Garland, jun. esq. Alderman, to the widow of John Slade, esq.- -8. At Croydon, Matthew Stent, jun. of Harmondsworth, to Mary Ann, only dau. of Mat. Newman, esq. of Cromford, Mid.- -At Topsham, Devon, Adam, son of David Gordon, esq. of Abergeldie, N.B. and Dulwich, Surrey, to Susan, dau. of late Rev. John Swete, of Oxton House, Devon. At Dunham Massey, Sir John Walsh, Bart. of Warfield," Berks, to Lady Jane Grey, youngest dau. of Earl of Stamford and Warrington.--At Marylebone, Sir John Tho. Člaridge, recorder of Prince of Wales Island, to M. P. eldest dau. of Vice-Adm. Scott.-At Lord Arden's, Nork, near Epsom, Sir William Heathcote, Bart. of Hursley Park, Hants, to the Hon. Car. Frances Perceval, dau. of Lord Arden.-9. At Bristol, the Rev. Martin Slater, of Wooton-Basset, Wilts, to Eliza, eld. dau. of late Rich. Connebee, esq.- -10. At St. George, Han.-sq. the Rev. Tho. Shreiber, Rector of Bradwell, Essex, to Sarah, 3d dau. of Rear-Adm. Bingham.--At Broad Hinton, near Marlborough, John Mathews Richards, esq. of Roath Hall, near Cardiff, to Arabella, dau. of Thomas Calley, esq. of Burderop Park, Wilts. --12. Rich. Elwes, esq. of Stoke Park, Suffolk, to Cath, eld. d. of Isa. Elton, esq. of Stapelton House, Glouc.-14. At Harberton, Devon, C. Anthony, esq. of the Mall, Clifton, to Thomason, dau. of late Edm. Browne, esq. of Blakemore.-15. Capt. John Walter Roberts, R. N. eld. son of Rev. Wm. Roberts, Rector of Worplesden, Surrey, to Frances, dau. of John Sargeant, esq. of Lavington, Sussex.——-18. At St. Michael, Wood-street, Stacey Grimaldi, esq. of Copthal-court, Throgmorton-street, second son of Wm. G. esq. to Mary Aun, 2d dau. of Tho, Geo. Knap, esq. of Haberdashers' Hall. -19. At St. George's, Han.sq. Lord Headley to Miss Mathews. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Rich. Bethen esq. Barrister and Fellow of Wadham, to Eleanor-Mary, dau. of Robt. Abraham, esq. of Kepple-st. Russell-sq.-21. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, I. Cha. Wright, esq. eld. son of Inchabod Wright, of Mapperley, Notts. to Theodocia, eld. dau. of late Tho. Denman, esq. M.P. COUNT DE Lacepede. Oct. 6. At the age of 68, Bernard Germain Etienne Laville, Count de Lacepède. He was born at Agen, of a noble family, Dec. 16, 1756. Intended by his family for the career of arms, he entered the Ba varian service; but the irresistible impulse he felt for the study of natural history, made him abandon the field of honour for a milder fame-that of excelling in the sciences. At that period Buffon was in the zenith of his glory; the magic of his style threw a lustre over his subject worthy of its sublimity. Ray had drawn an outline of the wisdom of God in the works of the creation: it was left for Buffon to fill it up, and paint those wonders with all the colours of a brilliant imagination. Science herself seemed lovely in his descriptions, and we cannot wonder that Lacepède should place himself under so great a master, and soon become his favourite and most distinguisned pupil. Boffen and Daubeton obtained for young Lacepède the situation of keeper of the cabinets of the King's Garden at Paris. Hle occupied this post when the Revolution broke out. He had already published the "Natural History of Oviperous Quadrupeds and Serpents," which announced the continua tion of Buffon. His work was traced on a similar plan to that of the great master, but Lacepède's enthusiasm for him did not blind him to his defects. The principal object of Buffon seemed to be to strike his readers with admiration, and to amuse rather than to instruct. He contented himself frequently with the external character of a subject of natural history, without examining its internal organiza. tion. Comparative anatomy was merely the skeleton of a science: though Aristotle had collected an immense number of isolated facts, and modern naturalists had made some progress towards a regular classification of a few orders. Comparative anatomy was in this state, when Linnæus and John Hunter appeared: they greatly extended the bounds of science, and opened a new field for the patient and indefatigable scrutinizer into the mysteries of nature. Lacepède was one of the first in France to appreciate the superiority of their system over that of his Professor, and to introduce it into his work. But he had soon reason to find, that, even then, comparative anatomy was in a very imperfect state: it was reserved for M. Cuvier to collect the scattered fragments -to reject false theories to form new ones consonant to GENT. MAG. November, 1825. then those laws observed by the Great Eternal in the vast multiplicity of his creationsto embody those laws, and form of them systems at once beautiful and harmonious. The cabinet of comparative anatomy, at the Garden of Plants, is a splendid monument of his genius, learning, and immense observation *. M. Lacepède duly appreciated the new system, and his later works prove that he profited by it. His Natural History of Fishes, 5 vols. 4to. 1798, is a proof of this. But the events of the Revolution distracted his attention from science. Of a mild disposition, bat firm in the principles he thought right, he steered his course without attaching himself to any party: loving the Revolution from principle, as the grave of absolute power, but lamenting its excesses, his known probity and honour could alone save him in the conflict of factions. He was elected, in 1791, President of the National Assembly; and it was in this character that he received the address of the Whig Club, with which the Assembly agreed in political sentiment, and he proposed that "Letters of Naturalization should be granted to Dr. Priestley's son, on account of his father's house being burnt by the English fanatics for his known attachment to the French Revolution." M. Lacepède did well to renounce politics and attend to natural history, as he perhaps owed to it his personal safety during the horrors of the Revolution. On the creation of the Institute he was elected one of its first members. He afterwards became member of the Institute of Bologna. Charged by government to give the necessary instructions to Captain Baudin, on his voyage of discovery, Lacepède selected two young men of great merit, Bory de St. Vincent, and Peron, to accompany him. Buonaparte again tore M. Lacepède from his peaceful occupations, and we see him, successively-in 1799, Member of the Conservative Senate; in 1801, President of the Senate; in 1803, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour; in 1804, Senator of Paris; in 1805, decorated with the Grand Eagle of the Legion. As President, it was Count Lacepède's duty to address Napoleon on all occasions; devoted entirely to him, his eloquence sought new expressions to convey his admiration, and make it pass as We may also refer to his work, now so ably in the course of translation, and published by Mr. Whittaker. the 466 OBITUARY.-Count Lacepède.-Sir J. Stewart, Bart. the organ of the whole empire. In January 1814, when the crisis of the new monarch was approaching with rapid strides, he dared to utter the word Peace, at the head of the Senate. His words are remarkable :-" We combat between the tombs of our fathers and the cradles of our infants. Obtain peace, Sire, and let your band, so often victorious, drop your arms, after having signed the peace of the world." The political career of M. Lacepède ended with that of his master, and he returned again to his studies, which he ought never to have forsaken. In private life, M. Lacepède was a model of the social virtues, esteemed and respected by all who knew him. The sciences were not the only objects of his meditation: pas sionately fond of the fine arts, and especially of music, he composed several symphonies and sonattas, which display considerable taste. He also entered the regions of fiction, and published, we believe, two novels only, Ellival and Caro line, 2 vols.; and Charles D'Ellival and Caroline de Florentino, in 3 vols. He rarely touches the chords of the stronger passions, but excels in scenes of gentleness and love. His lectures at the Garden of Plants were numerously attended the opening addresses of each course were particularly admired. He published several dissertations, and composed part of the articles in the Annals du Museum d'Histoire et Naturelle, and contributed to several periodicals; but we have no scientific works of magnitude from him since 1804, when he published his Histoire Naturelle des Cétæcees. He enjoyed general good health, and was very regular in his attendance at the sitting of the Institute. His opinion of vaccination, as a preservative from the small-pox, was not in consonance with the general doctrine, and he unfortunately fell a victim to his error: he had never had the small-pox, when he took the infection some few weeks since; it was unhappily of a very malignant kind, and carried him off, to the great loss of science, and the regret of a numerous circle of acquaintance, in whom his affability and gentle ness inspired lasting sentiments of friendship. His funeral was attended by depu. tations of the Peers of France, the members of the Institute, and an immense concourse of persons in the first ranks of society, anxious to pay this last tribute to the memory of genius and virtue.-Literary Gazette. SIR JOHN STEwart, Bart. Lately. At his seat, Killymoon, Cootho town, co. Tyrone, through a fall from his poney phaeton, which he had been driving near his demesne, Sir John Stewart, Bart. The horses took fright, and ran away with (Nov. him; being enfeebled by long and severe indisposition, he had not strength to restrain them, and was thrown out on his head, which caused a concussion of the brain. He was promptly attended by several surgeons, but this great and good man never spoke after the fatal accident, though he lived for three days. Sir John had been returned six times for the county of Tyrone, and had been a member of the Irish and Imperial Parliament for 40 years, during which time he was a steady, uniform, and zealous supporter of the Constitution in Church and State. He filled the offices of Counsel to the Revenue Board, Solicitor General, and Attorney General; and of him it was truly observed, by an aged Statesmau-" that he was one of the few men who grew more humble the higher be advanced in political station." The County of Tyrone will long remember, with gratitude, his public services. Owing to his exertions and support, Omagh, the County Town, has been long the most improving Town in the North of Ireland, and every part of the country bears marks of the improvements which have been made under his fostering care. Numberless, indeed, are the friends he has left to deplore his loss; and those in Tyrone, we have no doubt, will manifest their feeling to the father by supporting his son. He had the command of a troop of cavalry, and a corps of 140 foot, called the "Newmills Volunteers." Sir John was married in the year 1790, to Miss Archdall, sister of General Archdall, M. P. for the county Fermanagh, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Hugh, the eldest, succeeds to the title and estates, LIBUT. COL. SIR T. P. HANKIN. Oct. 26. At the Cavalry Barracks in Norwich, aged 59, Lieut. col. Sir ThomasPake Hankin, Knt. commanding the 2d or Royal North British Regiment of Dragoons stationed there. This highly-respected officer joined the regiment as Cornet, July 21, 1795; was promoted a Lieutenant, Aug. 13, 1796; Captain, Oct. 18, 1798; Major, April 4, 1808; Lieut.-col. in the Army, June 4, 1814; and Lieut. col. commanding the Regiment, Oct. 11, 1821. He served in that distinguished corps at the battle of Waterloo, where he sustained a severe wound in the knee. Upon His Majesty's visit to Scotland in 1822, Lieut. col. Hankin, then in the command of the regiment there, amongst other gracious marks of the approbation of his Sovereign, received the honour of Knighthood. He was twice married, first to the only daughter of Captain John Reade of the 25th Regiment, who died within a year after. their union; secondly, to Miss Margetts of 1825.] OBITUARY.-Sir T. P. Hankin. Mrs. Wellesley. of Huntingdonshire, now his widow, by whom he has left no family. He was son-in-law to Captain Read, who was brother-in-law to Dr. Wilmot ; and so firmly persuaded were Sir T. P. Hankin and Captain Read of Dr. Wilmot's being the author of Junius, that the former in October 1813 informed his first cousiu, Olivia Wilmot Serres, soi-disant Princess of Cumberland, in a letter to her daughter, that had he known she was engaged about the life of Dr. Wilmot, he could have fur nished many useful documents as to Junius, for her work. His gallant and noble disposition is well known by his superior officers, by whom he was universally respected. Amidst his military pursuits the gallant Colonel did not neglect the belles lettres. His remains were deposited in the Cathedral of Norwich, with the military ho ́nours becoming his rank, and with those attendant marks of universal esteem and regret which his public services and his private worth so justly merited; and they were followed from the barracks to the grave, not only by the officers and men of the regiment, but by the most respectable personages in the city and its neighbour hood. Lord Stafford, Mr. Edmond Wodehouse the Member, and Sir R. J. Harvey the High Sheriff of the County, Major Storey, R.M. Doctors Yellowly and Wright, Messrs. Kerison, Harvey, Hudson Gurney, Deere, Hawkes, &c. with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Steward, and Sheriff of the City joining in the procession. The Rev. Dr. Fisher, the senior Prebendary, officiated at the funeral, the psalms and anthems being sung by the Choir, attended by the band of the regiment. MRS. W. P. L. WELLESLEY. Sept. 12. At Richmond, aged 35, Mrs. Wellesley Pole Long Wellesley. Although her death was unexpected at the moment it occurred, she had been long lingering. On the 19th the remains of this amiable, unfortunate, and much-lamented lady, were removed from Richmond, on their way to Draycot, in Wiltshire, the seat of Lady Tiluey, there to be deposited in the family vault. The melancholy procession consisted of the hearse, in which the coffin was borne, drawn by six horses, and three mourning coaches, drawn by four horses each. The first coach contained Mr. Scarborough and Mr. Wright, and in the two following were the nurse, three maid-servants, coachman, and footman of the late lamented lady. The two Misses Long, and Mr. Bicknel, the late unhappy lady's steward, set off for Draycot post on Monday. His Grace the Duke of Wellington was to join the mournful procession on Thursday at Chippenham, within five miles of Draycot. 467 Two days previous to the removal of the remains from Richmond, intelligence reached her friends that it was the determination of Mr. Long Wellesley to come over from France to attend the funeral, and this circumstance gave them all great pain and uneasiness. Some considera-tions, however, suspended Mr. Long Wellesley's determination of coming over, if he ever felt such a disposition; for on the day before the removal of the remains, a courier arrived at Richmond from Mr. Long Wellesley in France, to state that he should not attend the funeral, but bearing a peremptory order from him, that his three children, two boys and a girl, should be given up to the courier, to be conveyed to France, there to be brought up and educated under the auspices of their father. The Misses Long, sisters of the late unfortunate lady, who from the period of her separation from her husband to her death, have constantly resided with her, immediately on the death of their amiable sister, removed to another house, taken for the temporary purpose in another part of Richmond, and thither they removed with them the three children. On the arrival of the courier at the house of the Misses Long, he demanded the children, according to the written order which be produced; but he received a direct refusal to deliver them up from these ladies, and he obliged to retire. On Tuesday the Misses Long set off from Richmond for Draycot, there to join their mother, Lady Tilney. Previous, however, to their departure from Richmond, whither they intended to return after the funeral, they determined to adopt every precaution to prevent the children from being carried off by stratagem or by force. Accordingly, anticipating that Mr. Long Wellesley might, at some unseasonable hour, suddenly intrude himself with violence, and carry off the children during the absence of the Misses Long in Wiltshire, these ladies, applied, through their law agent, to a magistrate, for the aid of a peace-officer, to remain in their house at Richmond, in care of their house and all its inmates until their return; and accordingly, an active and discreet policeofficer was sent down, with directions to take into custody any person, be he whom he may, who should attempt to use any violence towards the property, the house, or its inmates. One of the children is a girl not five years old. The 7,000, a-year, awarded by the decree of the creditors, will go to the support of the children of Mr. Long Wellesley; ia this case he will lose the 4,000l. per ann. his late wife made over to him. The property, on the day of marriage, exceeded in value 40,000l. a-year. Some of the youthful companions of |