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The new Library at the British Museum has been opened to the public. The central position of the Museum recommends it as a site for a great public Library, and the convenience of a large class of students is consulted by the facilities afforded of referring at the same time to the collections in the Museum, and to publications in Natural History and Science. The Library at present consists of 165,000 printed volumes, and 20,000 volumes of MSS.

Transparent clock dials, intended to shew the hour at any time of the night, have been recently exhibited at St. Giles's Church, St. Bride's, and other places. The characters are bold, and correctly formed in cast iron, and filled in with stained glass, behind which lights are introduced, so that the hands, as they traverse in the front, are distinctly seen, and the time may be ascertained to the greatest nicety both night and day; and such is the mechanical ingenuity displayed on this occasion, that the clocks, by their own revolution, light themselves as soon as the sun sets at night, and extinguish the same when the sun rises in the morning, and this throughout the year, whether the days are long or short.

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PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS.
GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.
Whitehall, April 24.-The Right Hon.
Geo. Canning, the Earl of Mountcharles,
Lord Francis Leveson Gower, Lord Eliot,
and Edm. Alexander M'Naghten, esq.
to be Commissioners for executing the
offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer, and
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. The Right
Hon. G. Canning to be Chancellor and
Under Treasurer of the Exchequer.

of Inf. Capt. W. Mills, 9th Light Drag.
Capt. G. T. Colomb, 99th Foot.-To be
Majors of Inf. on half pay. Brevet Major
G. Bunce, 67th Foot; Brevet Major W.
Morris, 97th Foot. Staff. Lieut.-Col. J.
H. Mair, to be Deputy Judge Adv. to the
Forces serving in Portugal.

April 24.-Sir J. S. Copley, knt to be Baron Lyndhurst, of Lyndhurst, co. Southampton.

Lord Forbes, to be High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

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April 25.-The Right Hon. Fred. John Robinson, to be Visc. Goderich, of Nocton, co. Lincoln. James Earl of Fife, to be Baron Fife, co. Fife. The Right Hon. Sir Cha. Abbott, knt. to be Baron Tenderden, of Hendon, co. Middlesex. The Right Hon. Win. Conyngham Plunkett, to be Baron Plunkett, of Newtown, co. Cork.

War-Office, April 27. 1st Foot Guards, Lieut.-Col. E. P. Buckley, to be Lieut. -Col. 13th Foot. Brevet Lieut.-Col. M. Everard, 14th Foot, to be Major. 14th ditto, Major G. Thornhill, 13th Foot, to be Major. 41st ditto, Lieut.-Col. P. L. Chambers, 87th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. 67th ditto, Major Hon. H. R. Molyneaux, to be Major. 87th ditto, Lieut.-Col. H. Godwin, 41st Foot, to be Lieut.-Col.-Unattached. To be Majors

April 30. Gen. the Marq. of Anglesey, K. G. to be Master-geu. of the Ordnance. The Right Hon. Sir John Leach, knt. to be Master or Keeper of the Rolls, and the Right Hon. Sir John Singleton Copley (Lord Lyndhurst), to be Lord High Chancellor. Anth. Hart, esq. Knighted on being appointed Vice-Chancellor of England; James Scarlett, esq. Knighted on being appointed Attorney-general. The Dukes of Devonshire and Portland, the Marq. of Anglesey, Visc. Dudley and Ward, the Right Hon. Anth. Hart, the Right Hon. W. Lamb, and the Right Hon. Geo. Cockburn, sworn of His Majesty's Privy Council. The Duke of Portland to be Keeper of the Privy Seal.

May 1. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor, G. C. H. to be one of the Deputies of the Secretary at War.

May 2. Sir W. Johnstone Hope, G.C B. the Right Hon. Sir Geo. Cockburn, G. C. B. W. Robert Keith Douglas, esq. and John Evelyn Denison, esq. to form the Council of the Duke of Clarence as Lord High Adm. The Right Hon. Sir Anthony Hart, knt. to be Vice-Chancellor of England.

May 4. The Duke of Leeds to be Master
of the Horse. Rear Adm. Sir Edw. W.
Campbell Rich Owen, K. C. B. to be Master
Sir Geo.
Surveyor-gen. of the Ordnance.
Clerk, bart. to be Clerk of the Ordnance.
May 7. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor,
G. C. H. to be First Aide-de-Camp to his
Majesty.

May 11. The Duke of Leeds, and Lord
Plunkett, to be Members of the Privy

Council.

May 12. The Dukes of Leeds and Devonshire, and the Marq. of Exeter, to be K. G.

May 14. 30th Foot, to bear the words "Peninsula" and "Waterloo."-6th Drag. Guards, Brev. Lieut.-Col. Jackson, to be Major. 1st or Gren. Foot Guards: Lieut.Col. Oswald, 1st Greek Light Inf. and Capt. F. J. Davies, to be Captains and Lieut.Colonels. 1st Foot: Lieut.-Col. J. Carter, 2d W. Reg. to be Lieut.-Col. 91st ditto: Lieut.-Col. R. Dalyell, to be Lieut.-Col. 2d ditto, Col. N. McLeod, 1st Foot, to be Lieut.-Col.-Unattached. Brevet Lieut. col. H. Earl of Uxbridge, 1st Life Guards, to be Lieut.-Col. of Inf.-To be Majors of Inf. on half pay, Brevet Major C. C. Dixon, 90th Foot; Brevet Major J. Thompson, 6th Foot.

May 15. The Duke of Devonshire to be Lord Chamb. and Gen. Sir S. Hulse ViceChamb. Earl of Stamford and Warrington to be Chamberlain of the county palatine of Chester.

May 16. Fred. Beilby Watson, esq. Master of the Household, Knighted.

May 17. The Right Hon. Chas. Watkin Williams Wynn, Visc. Dudley and Ward, Visc. Goderich, and the Right Hon. W. Sturges Bourne, the three principal Secretaries of State; the Right Hon. Geo. Canning, First Commissioner of His Majesty's Treasury and Chancellor of His Majesty's Exchequer; John Baron Teignmouth; the Right Hon. John Sullivan; and Sir George Warrender, bart.; Joseph Phillimore, LL.D.; and Sir James Macdonald, bart.; to be His Majesty's Commissioners for the affairs of India. The Hon. James Abercromby, to be Adv.-gen. or Judge-martial of His Majesty's Forces.

May 18. Geo. Earl of Carlisle, W. Dacres Adams, and Henry Dawkins, esquires, to be Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods,

Cambridge University.—Sir N. C. Tindal,
vice Copley now Baron Lyndhurst.
Dublin University.-J. W. Croker, esq. vice
Plunkett, now Baron Plunkett.
Edinburgh (Shire).-Sir Geo. Clerk.
Harwich.-Sir Wm. Rae, bart.
Hastings.-Ioseph Planta, esq. vice Lush-
ington, Chiltern Hundreds.
Liskeard.-Lord Eliot.

Newport (Southampton).-The Hon. W.
Lamb, vice Canning, First Commissioner
of the Treasury.
Peterborough.—Sir James Scarlett.
Ripon.-Louis Hayes Petit, esq. vice Ro-
binson, now Visc. Goderich.
Sandwich.-Sir E. W. C. R. Owen.
Seaford.-Right Hon. Geo. Canning, vice
Ellis, Chiltern Hundreds.

ECCLESIASTICAL Preferments.
Rev. Dr. Jenkinson, to be Dean of Durham.
Rev. Dr. J. Kaye, to be Bp. of Lincoln.
Rev. J.T. James, to be Bp. of Calcutta.
Rev. T. Baker, Canon of Chichester Cath.
Rev. W. Harrison, Minor Canon of Chester
Cath.

Rev. Mr. Keene, Preb. in Wells Cath.
Rev. J. Allgood, Felton V. co. Northumb.
Rev. J. Carne, Charles V. Plymouth.
Rev. J. G. Copleston, Kingsey V. Bucks.
Rev. G. Deane, Bighton R. Hants.
Rev. P. Glubb, Clannaborough R. Devon.
Rev. G. Hall, Tenbury V. Worcestershire,
with Rochford R. Herefordshire.

Rev. R. Holberton, St. Mary's R. Bridge-
town, Barbadoes.

Rev. J. F. Hone, Tirby V. co. Gloucester.
Rev. W. Hutchinson, Ubley R. Somerset.
Rev. J. Hempthorne, Wedmore V. Somerset.
Rev. S. Lane, Holme V. Devon.

Rev. W. Mayd, Wethersfield R. Suffolk.
Rev. T. Mercer, Arthingworth R. co. North-
ampton.

Rev. W. A. Musgrave, Emmington R. co.
Oxford.

Rev. J. Nance, Hope R. with Old Romney
R. Kent.

Rev. G. D. St. Quinton, Broughton R.
Hants.

Rev. W. P. Spencer, Starston R. Norfolk.
Rev. G. S. Weidemann, St. Paul's P. C.
Preston.

Rev. G. Wilkins, Wing R. co. Rutland.-

CHAPLAINS.

Forests, and Land Revenues. The Right Rev N. Barnes, to the Countess Dow. of Hon. Geo. Tierney to be Master and Worker of the Mint.

Members returned to serve in Parliament.
Aldeburgh. Wyndham Lewis, esq.
Ashburton.-Right Hon. S. Bourne.
Blechingly-Right Hon. Wm. Lamb, vice
Russell, Chiltern Hundreds.
Calne.-Rt. Hon. Jas. Abercromby and Sir
Jas. Macdonald, bt.

Chichester.

Rev. J. Morris, to Lord Lynedoch.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

May 26, Wm. Robinson, LL. D. author of the " Magistrates' Pocket-Book," &c.; J. L. Lucena, J. Rudell, W. L. Wiggett, A. K. Watson, J. N. Mahon, J. Ë. Armstrong, and Chas. Austin, esquires, to be Barristers at Law.

BIRTHS.

April 12. At his house in Strattonstreet, London, the wife of Geo. Carr Glyn, esq. a son. -16. At Cheltenham, the wife of J. Fosbroke, esq. a dau.—————18. At Ilfracombe, Devon, the wife of Capt. W. H. Milles, a dau.-21. At Farley, Wilts, the wife of the Rev. Chas. Fred. Watkins, &, dau.-22. At Audley House, Saffron Walden, Lady Braybrooke, a son.-29. At Hythe, the wife of Capt. Davies Smith, R. Eng, a son.At Eglingham Vicarage, Northumb. the wife of the Rev. H. B. Tristram, a dau.In Bentinck-street, London, the Lady of Sir Rich. Paul Jodrell, bart. a son.

May 5. At Wood Stanway, Gloucestershire, the wife of the Rev. F. Aston, a son. —12. At Clifton, the wife of H. Met

calf, esq. a son.-15. In New-street, Spring-gardens, the wife of J. H. Tremayne, esq. a son.- -At St. Leonard's, near Horsham, Sussex, the wife of G. Barttelot Smyth, esq. a dau.-At Blackheath, the wife of Simeon Warner, esq. a son.-In Great Cumberland-place, the wife of P. MacEvoy, esq. twins.—16. At Wheatfield, the wife of the Rev. Chas. Spencer, a son.At Grosvenor House, Shaftsbury, the wife of the Rev. T. Evans, a dau.-17. At Wm. Sotheby, esq's. Grosvenor-street, the widow of Hans Sotheby, esq. late of the Bengal Civil Service, a son.- -The wife of Robert Hamilton, esq. Bloomfield Lodge, Norwood, Surrey, a son.-21. At Cheltenham, the wife of the Rev. James Hayes Sadler, a son and heir.

MARRIAGES.

April 16. At the house of the Right Hon. Wm. Hill, his Majesty's Minister at Naples, the Chevalier de Dupont, Inspector gen. of the Customs and Revenue Departments of his Sicilian Majesty, to Miss Douglas, second dau. of the late Sir A. S. Douglas, knt. Capt. R. N.- -At Paris, T. W. Ponsonby Molesworth, esq. to Anne, youngest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Fawcett, Rector of Aynho and Greens Norton, Northamptonshire.At St. George's, Hanoversq. the Rev. J. P. Carpenter, Rector of South Sydenham, Devon, to Harriet Eliz. eldest dau. of the Rev. W. Garnier, of Rookesbury, Hants.- -At Whitby Church, Wells, esq. Lieut. E. I. C. to Miss Simpson, dau. of the late Mr. Henry Simpson, Banker.17. At Islington, Captain Henry Delafosse, Bengal Art. to Miss Shield, of Hornseylane, Highgate.- -The Rev. W. Hutchinson, eldest son of Thos. Hutchinson, esq. Bury, Lancashire, to Sarah, eldest dau. of Edw. Mitchell, esq. of Castle Strange, Ireland, and grand-dau. of the late Ald. Wray, of Hull.- -Charles Hotham Wells, esq. E. I. C. to Isabella, dau. of the late Henry Simpson, esq. of Meadowfield House, Whitby, Yorkshire.- 18. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. W. H. Cooper, esq. only son of the Rev. Sir William Cooper, bart. to Anne, eldest dau. of C. K. K. Tynte, esq. M. P. of Halswell House, Somerset.At Swaffham, in Norfolk, John Pyke, esq. R. N. of Staddon, in Devonshire, to CaroJine-Sarah, dau. of the Rev. Chancellor Yonge, of the former place. At Doddington House, Gloucestershire, the seat of Sir Bethel Codrington, bart. Henry Peyton. esq. only son of Sir Henry Peyton, bart. of Tusmore House, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, to Georgiana, third dau. of Sir B. Codring

ton.- -At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Marquis de Merve, to Isabella-Selina, dau. of Lady Morres Gore.At Ditton, Rev. J. E. Tyler, Rector of St. Giles in the Fields, to Eliz. Anne, eldest dau. of the late Geo. Griffin, esq. of Newton House, Monmouthshire.- -19. Chas. John Bloxam, esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields, to Eliz. dau. of Joseph Tucker, esq. of John-street, Bedford-row, Commissioner of the Navy.

20. Chas. Johnston, esq. of Brunswick-square, son of Wm. Johnston, esq. of Muswell-hill, Middlesex, to Caroline, only dau. of John Roebuck, esq. of Cheltenham.

-21, At Chelsea, the Rev. G. D. St. Quintin, Rector of Broughton, Wilts, to Georgiana-Henrietta-Louisa, second dau. of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, D.D.

At Heavitree, Exeter, Lieut. Charles Roe, R. M. son of the Rev. James Roe, Rector of Newbury, Berks, to Anne, eldest dau. of the late Peter Goullett, esq. of Summerland-place, Exeter.-23. At Dublin, James McCullagh, esq. to Anne, only dau. of the late Rev. Richard Dillon.--24. At St. John's, Westminster, Capt. Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone, R. N. to Eliza, third dau. of Joseph Wood, esq. of St. Michael's-terrace, and Manadon Park, Devon.-At Barnes, John Forbes, esq. son of Gen. Gordon Forbes, of Ham, Surrey, to Eliz. Mary, second dau. of the Rev. John Jeffrey, Rector of Barnes.-The Rev. Thos. Taylor Lewis, of Ayrnestry, co. Hereford, to Eliza, eldest dau. of James Penfold, esq. of Cheam, Surrey.-25. At Cheltenham, Thos. Ingledew, esq. of Clapham-road, Surrey, to Sophia, widow of the late Col. Little, of Keinsey, Worcestershire.--At Leamington Priors, Geoffrey Shakerley, esq. youngest son of Chas. Watkin Shakerley, esq. of

Shakerley, Lancashire, and Somerford Park, Cheshire, to Ellen-Maria, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Jas. Agnew Webster, of Ashfeild, co. Longford, Ireland.- -26. At St. Giles's, Camberwell, the Rev. Gilbert Alder, of Little Hampton, Sussex, to Eliz. third dau. of Peter Davey, esq. of Champion-hill. - At St. Mary's Church, Leicester, John Stockdale Hardy, esq. F. S. A. of Leicester, to Eliza, dau. of the late Thos. Leach, esq. of the Newark.- -At York, the Rev. Chas. Wasteneys, only son of Archd. Eyre, to Lucy-Dorothea, youngest dau. of the late John-Robinson Foulis, esq. of Heslerton, Yorkshire.Geo. Bover, esq. of Stockton Lodge, near Warrington, to Isabella, youngest dau. of Christ. Mortimer, esq. of Warrington.—At Brussels, George, third son of Wm. Wyndham, esq. of Dinton, Wilts, to Margaret, second dau. of John Jay, esq. of Brussels.-28. At North Stoneham, Hants, Capt. St. Leger, to Eliz. youngest dau. of Sir John-Dashwood King, bart. M. P.-At St. Luke's Church, Albert W. Beetham, esq. of Stoke Newington, to Caroline, third dau. of John Capron, esq. of Finsbury-square.--At St. George's, Hanover-square, Henry Dawes, esq. Bengal Service, to Maria, only child of the late Wm. Noble, esq. of Foley-place.-29. At St. George's, Hanover-square, John Livingston Callander, esq. 7th Hussars, to Sarah, eldest dau. of Wm A. Becket, esq. of Golden-square.

Lately. At Broadwater, the Rev. E. Elliott, Vicar of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, to Mary, dau. of John King, esq. of Loxwood, Sussex.--At Cheltenham, H. B. Maxwell, esq. son of Gen. Maxwell, to Mary-Anne-Barbara, dau. of the late John Hunter, esq.

May 1. At Stonehouse, Devon, E. W. Churchill, Lieut. R.M. to Mary, eldest dau. of Geo. Palliser, esq.- -At Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, the Rev. John F. Dawson, to Hester, eldest dau. of the Rev. Hugh-Wade Gery, of Bushmead Priory, Beds.——At Pirbright, Surrey, Chas. Stirling, esq. to Char. Dorothea, only dau. of Vice-Admiral Stirling, of Woburn Farm.--At St. George's, Hanover-square, John Sam. Wanley Sawbridge, esq. of Olantigh, Kent, to Miss Drax Grosvenor, of Charborough Park, co. Dorset.At Reading, the Rev. H. I. Barton, to Emma Eliz. only dau. of the late Geo. Henry Warner, esq. of Fiddington, Oxfordshire.--At St. George's, Hanover-square, Robert Mangles, esq. of Whitmore Lodge, Sunning Hill, Berks, to Selina-Theresa, widow of the late Capt. Athill, R. N. and third dau. of the late Chas. Bishop, esq. his Majesty's Procurator-geneTal.At Gloucester, Henry-Hooper-Wilton, esq. to Harriet, dau. of the late Rev. John Jones, of Foy.At Walbrook, E. S. Howell, esq. of Bucklersbury, to Cath.

Emily, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir John Murray, bart.- -At St. Martin's, Chas. Edw. Bacon, esq. M.D. of Guildford, to Miss Isabella Rowe, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.-2. At Ealing, S. Printis, esq. B. A. of Christ College, Cambridge, to Cath. dau. of the late Mr. Jos. Knevett, of Cold Hall, Little Ealing, a descendant of the ancient House of Knevett, of Norfolk and Suffolk.At St. George's, Hanover-square, Cæsar Hawkins, esq. of Halfmoon-street, to Caroline, dau. of the late John Dolbel, esq. of Jersey.At St. George's, Bloomsbury, John-Lucius Dampier, esq. to Margaret-Sarah, only surviving dau. of the late Rev. Christ. Erle, of Gillingham, Dorset.-3. At Effingham, Surrey, the Rev. Geo. Farley, of Woking, to Maria, only dau. of the late Richard Thomas, esq. of the Strand, and Chester-place, Lambeth.--At St. George's, Norwich, James, eldest son of the late Rev. James Wright, Rector of East Harling, Norfolk, to Eliz. third dau. of the late Rev. Morden Carthew.--At North Cray, David-Howard Morgan, esq. of the Rookery, St. Mary Cray, Kent, to Frances-Jane, third, dau. of J. Harrison, esq. of Honeyden, Kent.At Christchurch, Surrey, Capt. Matthew Lidton, R. N. of Taunton, Somerset, to Anne, only dau. of the late S. Bilke, esq. of Stamford-street.-5. At Totnes, Devoushire, James Gay, esq. of Champion-hill, Surrey, to Anna, second dau. of Wm. Searle Bentall, esq.-8. At Acrise, the Rev. Henry Thursby, to Eliz. Mary, fifth dau. of Thos. Papillon, esq. of Acrise-place, Hants. --At Bishopsgate Church, Edw. Dawson, esq. of Aldcliffe Hall, Lancashire, to Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Bousfield, esq. of the Manor House, Walworth, Surrey.-9. At Feltham, Middlesex, Hen.-T. Curtis, esq. of Gower-st. Bedford-sq. to Emily, eldest dau. of Thos. Burnell, esq. of Feltham-hill.—10. Robert Helme, jun. esq. of Walthamstow, Essex, to Maria, dau. of the late Robert Ingram, esq of Mosford Lodge, Middlesex. 15. At St. Marylebone, the Rev. H. K. Bonney, Archdeacon of Bedford, and Rector of King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, to Charlotte, dau. of the late John Perry, esq. of Moor Hall, Essex. At St. Marylebone, Major Alex. Dashwood, to Marian, dau, of Peter Still, esq. of Devonshire-place. At St. Marylebone, Chas. Lennox Grenville Berkeley, esq to Augusta Eliz. dau. of the late Chandos Leigh, esq. of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.16. The Rev. Henry Cockerell, to Eliz. second dau. of J. J. Tuf nell, esq. of Langleys, Essex.———17, At Newington, Lieut. G. Hales, R. N. to Caroline, eldest dau. of the late Bartholomew Churchill Carter, esq. of the Grove, Camberwell, and Tadmerton, Oxfordshire.At Mathon, Worcestershire, Thomas Best, esq. to Mary-Catharine, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Allen Cliffe, of Mathon House.

OBITUARY.

THE MARQUESS OF CHOLMONdeley. April 9. At his mansion in Piccadilly, aged nearly 78, the Most Honourable George James Cholmondeley, first Marquess of Cholmondeley and Earl of Rocksavage, fourth Earl of Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas, and Baron Cholmondeley of Namptwich, third Baron Newburgh in the Isle of Anglesey, all in the Peerage of England; fifth Viscount Cholmondeley, of Kells, co. Meath, and third Baron Newburgh, co. Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; K. G., and K.G. H.; a Privy. councillor; Chamberlain, and Vice-admiral of the Palatinate of Chester.

This Nobleman was born at Hardingstone in Northamptonshire, April 30, 1749, the eldest son of George Viscount Malpas, by Hester, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Edwardes, fourth Baronet, of Shrewsbury. The Marquess lost his father in 1764, but his mother survived till 1805, when she died at the advanced age of ninety-eight. His Lordship had just passed his minority, when, in 1770, he inherited the Earldom, on the death of his grandfather; whom he was also appointed to succeed as Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire, a post which had become almost hereditary in the family, having been previously filed by the first and second Earls. He resigned it, however, în 1783, when made Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, and it has ever since been occupied by the Earls of Stamford and Warrington. In 1782 the deceased acted as Euvoy, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of Berlin; and on the 25th of April, 1783, he was appointed to the Captaincy of the Yeomen of the Guard, and at the same time sworn a Privy Councillor. He retained the Captaincy only a few months, and was succeeded in the following January by the late Earl of Aylesford.

On the 25th of April, 1791, the Earl of Cholmondeley was married to Lady Georgiana-Charlotte Bertie, 2d dau. of Peregrine, 3d Duke of Ancaster. This Lady, who, on the death of her brother Robert the 4th Duke in 1779, became, with her sister Priscilla Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, joint hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, survives the Marquess.

On the marriage of the Prince of Wales in 1795, the Earl of Cholmondeley was appointed Chamberlain of His Highness's Household, and the Countess a Lady of the Princess's Bedchamber. They continued in those places until about 1805.

On the death of Horatio, 4th Earl of Orford, in 1797, the Earl of Cholmondeley acquired, after a litigation with the present Earl of Orford's grandfather, a very large accession of property, and the magnificent mansion of Houghton in Norfolk, built by his great grandfather Sir Robert Walpole, the first Earl and celebrated Minister: His Lordship before possessed the best estate in Cheshire.

In 1812 the Earl of Cholmondeley was appointed by the Prince Regent Lord Steward of the Household, which office he retained till succeeded by the Marquess of Conyngham, the present Lord Steward, in 1821. He was during the same period Judge of the Marshalsea and Palace Court. By patent dated Nov. 22, 1815, he was created Marquess of Cholmondeley and Earl of Rocksavage.

His Lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by his son George-James-Horatio, (hitherto styled Earl of Rocksavage,) born in 1792, and called to the House of Peers in his father's Barony of Newburgh in 1821. The Marquess has left two other children, Lady Charlotte, widow of the late Col. Hugh Seymour, first cousin of the Marquess of Hertford, and M.P. for co. Antrim (who died in 1821); and Lord William-Henry.

The remains of the Marquess were conveyed to Cheshire for interment. There are, at Cholmondeley Castle, two portraits of his Lordship, one by Hoppner, and the other, in which he is represented as conversing with his steward Mr. Stephens, by Finlater.

THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY.

April 6. At his house in Stanhope-st. aged 74, after a long illness, the Right Honourable Charles Talbot, fifteenth Earl of Shrewsbury in England, and Wexford and Waterford in Ireland, F.S.A.

His Lordship was born March 8, 1753, the eldest son of the Hon. Char'es Talbot (second son of George the 13th Earl), and his second wife Mary, whose father was Thomas, fourth son of Sir George Mostyn, fourth Baronet of Talacre, and her mother Mary-Catharine, eldest dau. of Henry tenth Lord Teynham. The Earl succeeded his uncle in his titles July 27, 1787; and he married Sept. 12, 1792, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Hoey, esq. of Dublin. He met with this lady when on her way to Bourdeaux to take the veil. She had no children.

Until the present Duke of Norfolk's accession to that title in 1815, the Earl of

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