Inn, to Miss Langdon, only daughter of the Rev. Mr. L. rector of Montacute.

At Clifton, William Payne, esq. to Fanny, only daughter of Robert Adair, esq.

At East Pennard, Mr. Gawthorp, surgeon and apothecary, of Bristol, to Catherine, youngest daughter of Wm. Phelps, esq.

Died.] At Park Hill House, Clifton, Mrs. Panter, of Newent, Glocestershire.

At Honey Hall House, Congresbury, Miss M. Knight, second daughter of John K. esq. At Bridgewater, Phabe, relict of Mr. Josiah Bryant, and only daughter of Capel. Tripp, esq. of Shipton Mallett.

At Butleigh Wootton, aged 103, Ann Gill, who retained her faculties nearly to the last.

At Bath, Wm. Mure, esq. second son of the late Hutchinson M. esq. of Saxham, Suffolk.-Mrs. Aspinall, wife of John B. A. esq. of Liverpool.-Mrs. Colhoun, wife of

C. esq.-Mrs. Davies, relict of Wm. D. esq. of Combe Grove, 74.-Mrs. Hannah Gill, relict of Mr. David G. of Bristol, 85.-Mrs. Hole, relict of Wm. H. esq. banker, of Bristol, 74.-Mrs. Uhthoff, wife of Joshua U. esq.-Mrs. Beresford, 84.-Mrs. Baldwell, 83.-Mrs. Sayer, sister of the late Lady Deune, 79.-Ralph Brown Wylde Brown, esq. of Caughley, Shropshire.-Colonel Ar. thur Blennerhassett, of Arabella, county Kerry, where he possessed extensive influ. ence. He formerly commanded one of the Irish Fencible regiments, and has been twice a representative for Kerry in the Irish parliament. By his death Arthur Blennerhassett, esq. of Elmgrove, near Tralee, receives an increase of fortune of 30001. per annum.

At Bristol, Mr. John Stephens, 76.-Miss Jacobs, grand-daughter of Mr. J. solicitor. At Clifton, Miss Maria Wilkinson.

DORSETSHIRE.

Married.] At Dorchester, Mr. Churcher, of the Victualling Office, Portsmouth, to Miss Legg.

At Weymouth, Isaac Toogood Coward, esq. to Charlotte, daughter of the late Henry Wise, esq. of Caldicot, Monmouthshire.

Died.] At Haydon, near Sherborne, Mrs. Preston, relict of Mr. Jaines P.

At Charldon Herring, Mr. George White. At Dorchester, Mrs Barnard.

DEVONSHIRE.

The Duke of Bedford is building a most splendid cottage, for his occasional residence, in the romantic neighbourhood of Milton Abbot, very near the Tamar, and not far distant from Tavistock, to the no small gratification of his tenantry and the inhabitants around.

Married.] At Sidmouth, Mr. Hayman, of Axminster, surgeon, to Miss Perham, eldest daughter of the late John P. esq.

At Exeter, Mr. Gain, veterinary surgeon of the 9th Light Dragoons, to Miss Brake. Lieut. Samuel Greenway, RN. to Miss Tucker, daughter of the late Mr. T. of Ho

niton.

At Northam, Francis Stanfel, esq. captain

in the royal navy, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Robert Barton, esq. of Burrough House, and captain of H.M.S. York.

Died.] At Torquay, Miss Pepper, only daughter of Michael P. esq. of Bigod, Essex, 26.

At Totnes, Elizabeth, wife of Edward Howard, esq. youngest son of Henry H. esq. of Glossop, Derbyshire.

At Exmouth, Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Holmes, of Bungay, Suf folk, 17.

At Budleigh, Mrs. Walkey, wife of Samuel W. esq.

At Plymouth, Mr. Collins, superintending master at that port.-Mrs. Grigg, 95.—R. Birdwood, esq. an alderman of this corporation.

At Lympstone, the lady of Sir William Forbes, of Pitsligo, bart.

Near Totnes, Mrs. Flemick, wife of the Rev. Mr. F.

At Hill's Court, near Exeter, Thomas Johnson, esq. 73.

At Ottery, St. Mary, Mrs. Smerdon, relict of the Rev. Fulwood S. vicar of that place.

At Exeter, Mr. John Stone, the oldest tradesman in that city, 93.-Miss Patch. In his 60th year, at his house in Bedford Circus, Bartholomew Parr, M D. Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and senior physician to the Devon and Exeter hospital. Dr. Parr was an eminent leader of the medical profession. His extended career was brilliant and successful: acute in medical perception, decisive and correct in prac tice; his active mind penetrated the hidden recesses of science: his literary ardour surpassed the accustomed bounds of human industry. Not only in anatomy and medicine, but in the studies of natural history, che mistry, general literature, and criticism, his numerous publications decidedly confirm the fertility of his genius. In private life, his temper was conciliating, his deportment unostentatious: his professional humanity to the poor, gratuitous and unbounded. Towards his medical competitors his conduct was undeviatingly candid and liberal. His loss will be long and severely felt by those whom his judicious treatment has frequently raised from the bed of sickness, and who now live to deplore the loss of a valued friend and a skilfuĮ medical practitioner.

CORNWALL.

Married. At St. Columb, Mr. Rosewarne, surgeon, of Wadebridge, to Miss Patty Hicks, sister of Capt. H. of the Cornish militia.

At Falmouth, Mr. Green, methodist preacher, to Miss Leggo.

The Rev. Canon Howell, of Gluvias, to Miss Richards, sister of Wm. R. esq. of Penryn.

At Redruth, Mr. John Haye, of Haye, near Callington, to Miss Davey, eldest daughter of Capt. D.

Died.] At Falmouth, aged 33, Wm. Cam

den Nield, esq. of Antigue, one of the King's Counsel for the Leeward Islands, and son of James N. esq. of Chelsea.-Mrs. Cameron, wife of Lieut. Col. C. of the 79th foot.-Mr. John Tresidder, attorney, 57.-Mrs. Peniton, wife of Mr. P. of the Duke's Head Inn.Mr. Samuel Watson, 51.-Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock, 60.

At Penzance, Mrs. Elizabeth Honeychurch, 100.

At Padstow, Mrs. Peter, wife of Capt. Joseph P.

At Bodmin, Mrs. Bligh.

At St. Columb, Mr. James Dennis, 88. At Stratton, Mr. Tuke, surgeon and apothecary.

At Flushing, Mrs. Stevens, widow of Capt. S. late of the Princess Amelia packet.

At St. Ives, the Rev. L. Morgan, lecturer of that place.

At Scilly, James Allen Gorse, esq. surgeon of the quarantine establishment there.

At St. Erme, Miss Clavinia Trounce, niece to S. Jago, esq.

At Bosvige, near Truro, aged 76, Mr. Gilbert Hele Chilcott. He had been the landsteward of Francis Gregor, esq. the late coun ty member, for upwards of twenty years, and had filled the same situation to the present Sir Christopher Hawkins, bart. his father, and grandfather, for more than half a century; the latter of whom appointed him one of the guardians of his infant children. In his character as agent he united a zeal the most fervent for the benefit of his principals, to an unwearied diligence and unsullied integrity. His merits will be inferred, on considering the length of his services, and the confidence reposed in him by his employers.

At the Lodge, near Penzance, in her 70th year, Mrs. Catharine Tremenheer, relict of Mr. William T. of that town, who was a lineal descendant of the person that endowed that chapel, and one of the most ancient families of this county, the name being deducible from the Cornish language. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Walter Borlase, L.L. D. of Castlehorneck, (elder brother of the historian) and was nearly fifty years vicar of Penzance. She bore a painful illness with the same serenity, composure, and resignation to the will of the Almighty, that had conspicuously marked her character through a long life. Her piety was not a cold or a passive principle: not obtrusive, but zealous; not ostensive, but earnest: nor were other less important christian duties neglected in the practice: a cheerful benignity shed a mild lustre over her character, giving a double value to her acts of kindness to the poor, and the regret of a numerous circle of relations, friends, and acquaintance, testify the warm regard in which she was held, by those who were most capable of appreciating her worth, and her virtues. She died sur3

rounded by her numerous family, having retained her senses to the last, exerting them, while yet the lamp of life was glimmering, in blessing her children and in prayer, till it ceased, when it may be truly said she fell asleep in the Lord.

WALES.

A groat of Edward IV. a small crucifix, and the Virgin and Child, of a composition unknown, resembling plaster of Paris, but harder, were found a few days since, among the ruins of Oystermouth Castle, near Swansea. On the back of the crucifix were some characters in the form of the old Norman French.

A signal station has lately been established at Holytead, by several merchants of Liverpool, through which will be communicated the earliest intelligence of their vessels having passed the Head, either outward or homeward-bound.

The Rev. Edward Hughes, Caerwys, in Flintshire, and the Rev. Walter Davies, of Manafon, in Montgomeryshire, have each been presented with an elegant silver cup, as a compliment for their poems on the Jubilee, recited at St. Asaph, on the fourth of last June.

Married.] At Llandilo-vawr, Wm. Thomas, esq. of Pentre-Parr, eldest son of D. Thomas, esq. of Glanrwth, to Miss Davies, only daughter of Mrs, D. of Love Lodge, near Llandilo.

At St. Dogmels, Capt. Thomas Francis, of the brig Catherine, of Fishguard, to Miss Mary Edwards, of Pentood, Pembrokeshire.

At Carmarthen, Mr. Jones, quarter-master in the 3d regiment Carmarthenshire Local Militia, to Miss Margaret Reynolds.

At Carmarthen, Captain Howell, of Brynneul, to Miss Ann Thomas.

At Langattock, Crickhowell, Joseph Bailey, of Cyfarthfa, esq. to Maria, fourth daughter of Joseph Latham, esq. of Beaufort.

At Swansea, William Edward Powell, esq. of Nanteos, Cardiganshire, to Laura Edwyna, eldest daughter of James Phelp, esq. of Cottrell House, Glamorganshire, and Coston House, Leicestershire.

Died.] At Landaff-Court, near Cardiff, Catherine Diana, wife of John Richards, esq. and second daughter of the late Robert Jones, of Fonmon Castle, esq.

Aged 77 years, the Rev. Robert Rickards, vicar of Llantrissent, Glamorganshire.

At Carmarthen, Mr. John Jones, clerk to Thomas Lewis, esq. solicitor Llanspilo; which office he filled with scrupulous integrity. Mrs. Downes.

At Dolgelly, the Rev. E. Vaughan Evans, curate of Meliden, near St. Asaph.

At Coalbrook, near Abergavenny, (the seat of his brother) William Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, esq. a gentleman universally beloved and respected,

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At Haverfordwest, Mr. Wm. Howell, linen and woollen draper.-Mr. James Evans, many years clerk of St. Mary's.

Near Cardigan, Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, wife of Mr. David E. late of Llwyngrawis.

At Llangefni, Anglesey, Mr. Richard Griffith; he suddenly complained of a pain in his head, and in a very short period became a corpse-an awful lesson on the uncertainty of human life.

At Nant-yr-Hebog, near Carmarthen, Mr. David Thomas.

Of Helygen laes, Carmarthenshire, Mr. D. Davies.

At Bangor, Mr. John Williams, upwards of 40 years one of the cathedral choristers.

At Wrexham, Mr. T. Dod, of Iscoed Chapel:

At Cardigan, Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd, of the Post Office, sincerely regretted.

At Swansea, William Jeffreys, esq. one of bis majesty's justices of peace for the counties of Glamorgan and Brecon ; a deputy lieutenant of the former county, and the oldest alderman in the corporation of Swansea. He had thrice served the office of portreeve of that town. Mrs. Hanson, 77.-Mr. Samuel Guy, landlord of that town.

At Hafodynos, near Abergele, Nathaniel Jones, esq.

At Dinas, in the parish of Llanwnda, Carnarvonshire, Mr. Morris Wiliams, 92.

At Fron, in the county of Flint, Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. R. Williams, 57.

At Beaumaris, Mr. John Lloyd, hair-dresser.Mrs. Mary Roberts, shop-keeper. At Meillionydd, Catherine, wife of Mr. Thomas Rice, farmer, 76.

At Llanvaughan, Cardigan, John Thomas, es. admiral of the white.

At Perkins, near Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, Joan Austin, 100. She enjoyed the perfect use of her faculties, and could card and spin till within a month of her death.

At Haverfordwest, Thomas Williams, esq. one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Pembroke, and a commoncouncilman of the corporation of Haverfordwest, 76.

At Coedmore, near Cardigan, Thos. Lloyd, esq. 51.

NORTH BRITAIN.

An accident of the most distressing kind occurred on the 10th of November, at Paisley. Being the fair-day at that place, a great number of the inhabitants, chiefly young people, were eager to indulge themselves with an excursion in the passage-boat, which had a few days before begun to ply on the Ardrossan canal, between Paisley and Johnstone. On its arrival about noon at the quay, in the basin of Paisley, before the passengers from Johnstone could be landed, those who were waiting to replace them crowded on board.

being thus over-loaded above, she heeled to one side, and precipitated all on deck, to the number of about 100, into the basin, which is 7 or 8 fathoms deep. Though every possible assistance was immediately afforded, 84 persons perished; of these, 12 were under 10 years of age; 56 from 10 to 20; and 17 above 20. Such of the passengers who remained below in the cabin sustained no injury, the boat righting as soon as the crowd fell off. The affliction in which the whole town was involved by this calamity, may be more easily conceived than described. A subscrip tion was set on foot for the relief of the families and relations of the sufferers.

From a recent calculation it appears that there are 940 clergymen on the establishment of the church of Scotland, the patronage of whose livings belong in manner following:To the crown, 269-to peers, and their eldest sons, 315-to commoners, 3551. Total 940. Of the last description, private proprietors have 282-Royal boroughs, including Paisley, (a borough of Regality) 53-Colleges 9-parishes 11. Total S551. The patronage of the Crown was much increased by forfeitures during the last century, particularly in 1715; that of peers and commoners is more fluctuating, Commoners sometimes succeeding to patronages connected with extinct peerages, and also being at other times created peers.

Married.] At Edinburgh, the Duke of Argyle, to Lady Paget, third daughter of the late Earl of Jersey; her marriage with Lord P. having been previously dissolved in the Scotch Courts. Her ladyship has ten children living by her divorced lord.

Died.] At Edinburgh, Lord Cullen, one of the judges in the second division of the Court of Session, and one of the Lords of Justiciary. His lordship was eldest son of the celebrated Dr. William Cullen. He entered advocate in 1764, and was raised to the bench in November 1796, upon the death of Lord Alva. Lord Cullen was a man of acknowledged talents, a sound lawyer, and was always conspicuous in professional argument; he had a great taste for polite literature, and his papers in the Mirror and Lounger evince the elegance of his pen.

At Glasgow, on the 4th instant, in the 634 year of his age, Mr. John Reekie, teacher of the Greek and Latin languages. Though his whole life had been laboriously devoted to the instruction of youth in the principles of Greek and Roman literature, he yet found means to acquire a critical acquaintance with the ancient classics, and a profound knowledge of the structure of their languages, which has not been surpassed in any period; and is perhaps without parallel in the present. A happy sagacity, aided by a niemory uncommonly retentive, enabling his unwearied zeal to surmount many ob

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stacles which had baffled the most celebra ted scholars; and his numerous manuscripts display in every page, proofs of original and luminous investigation. It is to be lamented as an irreparable loss to the learned world, that these writings, rich in new views and illustrations of many of the most intricate and obscure pages of antiquity, sacred and profane, should have been left by his death, in the state rather of desultory notes, than of commentaries fit for publication. His extensive library is composed chiefly of the scarcest and most valuable editions of the classics, and is supposed to contain a collection of Greek Grammarians, perhaps unequalled by any other in the kingdom. His vast erudition was not encumbered, as we often see it, with pedantic state and solemn ostentation; on the contrary, he was characterized by a playful simplicity of manner, and a liberal disposition to communicate, in the planiest and most expressive style, his stories of learning. His last illness was lingering and painful. He bore it with the firmness of a philosopher, and contemplated its issue with the pious resignation of a Christian.

IRELAND.

About ten o'clock on Saturday night the 3d of November, an explosion was heard in the quarter of St. Barry's, Cork, so loud and unexpected as to produce the greatest alarm. It was soon discovered that three houses in Brandy-lane had been blown up, apparently by gunpowder; that the adjacent houses were in flames; and, from the sad testimony of facts, it was clear that many unfortunate creatures had been the victims of instantaneous destruction. The two houses immediately adjoining the conflagration were almost instantly pulled down, and the rest were saved from destruction. The causes of this dreadful circumstance are not perfectly known; but so far as could be collected from the melancholy survivors, it appeared that a man who lived in one of the ruined houses, had been employed in the powder-works at Ballincollig. It is suspected this man contrived to evade detection in bringing out, from time to time, quantities of gunpowder, for which he in general found customers among the quarry-men employed in the neighbouring quarries about Cork. It is supposed that his wife and others of his family were employed in drying this powder, and had while so engaged brought a candle too close to it, which caused the terrible explosion that took place, and, as a great many poor families lodged in that and the neighbouring houses, occasioned the loss of so many lives. Eighteen persons were literally almost torn to pieces, and among them several wo men in a state of pregnancy. Three others were carried to the infirmary without the slightest hope of recovery. Three houses were blown to ruins, and several extremely injured by the explosion.

Married] At Castle Forbes, county of Longford, Sir Richard Levinge, bart, of High MONTHLY MAG. No. 209.

Park, Westmeath, to the Hon. Elizabeth Anne Parkyns, eldest daughter of the late Lord Rancliffe.

At Annandale, the Right Hon. Thomas Henry Foster, only son of the Right Hon. John Foster, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, to Miss Skeffington, the only child of the Hon. Chichester S.

At Turvey House, near Dublin, the Hon. Robert Leeson, of Clermont, in the county of Wicklow, youngest son of the late Earl of Miltown, to Phillippa Julia, daughter of the late Dr. Neve, prebendary of Worcester, and Margaret professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford.

Died.] At Dublin, aged 64, Mr. J. Rickman, a native of Lewes, and formerly one of the people called Quakers; but had for the last two or three years travelled as a streetpreacher in most of the principal towns in this kingdom, and particularly in the metropolis. He was by profession a surgeon and apothecary, and practised many years with considerable credit and reputation at Maidenhead, Berks.

At Waterford, the Rev. Mr. Dickons. Preaching trom the text "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ ;" he fell down in his pulpit, and instantly expired.

At Belfast, Mr. Hugh Kirk. The following is a part of his written directions to his executors: "It is my particular request that as little money as possible be expended on the funeral; my fixed opinion being, that whatsoever is so spent more than common decency requires, is worse than lost, it is a robbery on the surviving part of the family. Let my coffin be of plain deal, painted either black or oak colour, which you please, with no escutcheons, except the two with handles at the ends-neither age nor name on itno hearse no headstone-no scarfs-no gloves-no spirits, tobacco, or pipes. All these are utterly vain and useless-not meaning hereby to restrict you from exercising your discretions with regard to such necessary refreshment as my house will afford to my particular friends, and the bearers of the bier. The poor-house grave yard being the nearest, no more expensive than the others, (I suppose) and the money applied to charitable purposes, I wish you to give it the preference, especially for the reason last named.

In Dublin, Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, bart. of Lisheen, in the county of Tipperary, and high sheriff of that county at the awful period of the rebellion. On the character of Sir Thomas it is needless to expatiate; such as it was, he was the architect of it himself; and he imprinted its characters long since on the bleeding backs of his coun trymen; with what justice and discrimination may be appreciated, by stating, that it re quired a special act of indemnity of the Irish parliament, to save him from aniple pecuniary retribution; but it is only necessary to watch. the fall of such men, and the regard in which

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it is held, to impress that moderation of conduct, tenderness of feeling, and liberality of sentiment, are the best guides, when men are entrusted with a "little brief authority," or when the times assume that awful character, that the laws cease to exercise their wholesome control.

At Kinsale, in the 23d year of his age, William Tribe, eaq, surgeon of the 6th foot, and third son of Mr. T. of Chatham. His death was occasioned by being seized with the cramp while bathing. He was a young man whose rising genius, in all probability, would soon have placed him high in his profession: his generosity of mind and affability of manners, had obtained him the esteem of every officer in the regiment, whose honourable testimony to his character, through their coonel, cannot fail to offer a high degree of satisfaction to his otherwise disconsolate family, and the regiment will have long to regret the loss of one whose kind attention in his profession to every individual is seldom exceeded.

Col. David Collins. He was the eldest son of Gen, Arthur Tooker Collins, and Harriet Fraser, of Pack, in the King's county, Ireland, and grandson of Arthur Collins, esq. author of the Peerage of England, &c. He was born the 3d of March, 1756, and received a liberal education, under the Rev. Mr. Marshall, Master of the Grammar School at Exeter, where his father resided. In 1770 he was appointed lieutenant in the Marines; and, in 1772, was with the late Admiral M'Bride, in the Southampton frigate, when the unfortunate Matilda, Queen of Denmark, was rescued from the dangers that awaited her by the energy of the British government, and conveyed to a place of safety in the king her brother's Hanoverian dominions. On that occasion he commanded the guard that received her Majesty, and had the honour of kissing her hand. In 1775, he was at the battle of Bunker's Hill; in which the first battalion of Marines, to which he belonged, so signally distinguished itself, having its commanding officer, the gallant Major Pit cairne, and a great many officers and men, killed in storming the redoubt, besides a very large proportion of wounded. In 1777, he was Adjutant of the Chatham Division; and, in 1782, Captain of Marines on board the Courageux, of 74 guns, commanded by the bate Lord Mulgrave, and participated in the partial action that took place with the enemy's fleet, when Lord Howe relieved Gibzaltar. Reduced to half-pay at the peace of 1782, he resided at Rochester, in Kent, (having previously married an American lady, who survives him, but without issue); and, on its being determined to found a colony, by sending convicts to Botany Bay, he was appointed Judge Advocate to the intended settlement, and in that capacity sailed with Governor Philip in May 1787 (who moreever appointed him his secretary), which situation he filled with the greatest credit to

himself and advantage to the Colony, until his return to England in 1797. The History of the Settlement, which he soon after published, followed by a second volume, a work abounding with information, highly interesting, and written with the utmost simplicity, will be read and referred to as a book of authority, as long as the Colony exists whose name it bears. The appointment of Judge Advocate, however, proved eventually inju rious to his real interests. While absent, he had been passed over when it came to his turn to be put on full pay; nor was he permitted to return to England to reclaim his rank in the corps: nor could he ever obtain any effectual redress, but was afterwards compelled to come in as junior captain of the corps, though with his proper rank in the army. The difference this made in regard to his promotion was, that he died a captain instead of a colonel-commandant, his rank in the army being merely brevet. He had then the mortification of finding that, after 10 years' distinguished service in the infancy of a colony, and to the sacrifice of every real comfort, his only reward had been the loss of many years' rank, a vital injury to an officer. A remark which his wounded feelings wrung from him at the close of the second volume of his History of the Settlement, appears to have awakened the sympathy of those in power; and he was, almost immediately after its publication, offered the government of the projected Settlement on Van Diemen's Land, which he accepted, and sailed once more for that quarter of the globe, where he founded his new colony; struggled with great difficulties, which he overcame ; and, after remaining there eight years, was enjoying the flourishing state his exertions had produced, when he died suddenly, after a few days' confinement from a slight cold, on the 24th March, 1810. His person was rea markably handsome, and his manners extremely prepossessing; while, to a cultivated understanding, and an early fondness for the Belles Lettres, he joined the most cheerful and social disposition. How he was esteemed by the inhabitants of the Colony over which he presided, will appear from the following extract of a letter announcing his decease, By the death of Col. Collins this Colony has sustained a loss it will take a number of years to get over. I have known and served with him from the first establishment of the Colony; and, when I speak the feelings of my heart on this melancholy occasion, I am sure that it is not my single voice, but that of every department whatsoever in the Settlement, who, with the most hearfelt regret, universally acknowledge him to have been the father and friend of all."

DEATHS ABROAD.

At Madeira, whither he went for the reco very of his health, H. Palmer Acland, esq. eldest son of John A. esq. of Fairfield, So mersetshire.

At Gibraltar, Mr. Mansel, eldest son of the