4. At Wandsworth, the wife of F. Atlee, esq. a dau.-5. At Kensington, the wife of E. W. Blunt, esq. of Enham House, a son.-6. At Beaufort Castle, Inverness, the Hon. Mrs. Fraser, of Lovat, a dau.-7. At Finchley, the wife of C. M. Adams, esq. a dau.-8. The wife of Chas. Tylee, esq. of Trevor square, Knightsbridge, a son.---At Catford Hill, Lewisham, Mrs. E. Oswald, a son.-9. At Hadley, the wife of the Rev. E. Harden, a son.-11. In Parliament-st. the wife of F. Palgrave, esq. a son.-12. In Montagu-place, Montagu-square, the wife of the Rev. E. Luard, a dau.At Weymouth, Mrs. Boswell Beddome, a dau.~~~ 15. At Crouch-End, the wife of Christ. Jas. Magnay, esq. a dau.-At Northwold, Norfolk, the wife of G. B. Hall, esq. a son.-17. At Malesmore, near Gloucester, the wife of R. F. Onslow, esq. a dau.-18. In Bedford-square, the wife of Dr. Richardson, a son.-19. In Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Clayton, a dau.-Mrs. F. Marson, of the Paragon, a dau.-20. In Gloucester-place, the wife of O. S. Onley, a son. MARRIAGES. Dec. 14, 1826. At Poonah, East Indies, John Warden, esq. son of the late Gen. Warden, esq. of Richmond, in Surrey, and Member of the Civil Establishment at the Presidency of Bombay, to Ellen Maria, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. Sir Lionel Smith, K. C. B. March 28. At St. Vincent's, Joseph Billinghurst, esq. of Yapton, in Sussex, to Miss Margaret Eliz. eldest dau. of Dr. Alex. Melville, sen. M.D. St. Vincent's. April 24. At Edinburgh, the Rt. Hon Lord Erskine, to Miss Philidelphia Stuart Menteath, eldest dau. of T. Chas. Granville Stuart Menteath, esq. of Closeburn Hall, Dumfries-shire. May 1. J. T. Wawn, esq. of West Boldon, to Emma, dau. of the late N. Horn, esq. of Bishop_Wearmouth. -8. At Athol-crescent, Edinh. Geo. Dempster, esq. of Skibo, to Joanna Hamilton, dau. of the late Rt. Hon. Robert Dundas, of Arniston, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.At Bristol, Donald M'Millan, esq. Grenada, to Miss Ann Furze, of Southampton. -At Dublin, Capt. Chidley Coote, brother to Sir Chas. Coote, bart. M.P. to Jane, dau. of the late Rev. S. Close, of Elmpark, co. Armagh,- -12. At St. Mary's Maryle-bone, Capt. Tho. Hastings, R. N. to Louisa Eliz. dau. of the late Thos. Humphrey Lowe, esq. of Court of Hill, co. Salop. At Shepton Mallett, Edw. Sherring, esq. of Milborne Wick, to Ann, 2d dau. of Joseph Hyatt, esq.-17. At Oxford, David Vavasor Durell, esq. Chairman of the Oxford Canal Company, to Maria, second dau. of William Le Breton, esq. of Jersey. At Chattisham, the Rev. Fred. Calvert, Rector of Whatfield, to Sarah, eldest dau. of the late John Tayler Hicks, esq. of Chattisham-place. At Salisbury, F. W. Ellis, esq. Lieut R.N. to Charlotte, fourth dau. of the late John Luxford, esq. of Salisbury -At York, the Rev. J. H. Bradney, M.A. of Hurcot, to Mary, third dau. of the late Rev. John Preston, of Flasby Hall. -At Whitworth, W.C. Harland, esq. of Sutton Hall, Yorkshire, to Catharine, only dau. of R. E. D. Shafto, esq. of -At Darting Whitworth Park, Durham.ton, Tho. Boardman, esq. of Totness, to Mary, eldest dau. of the late W. Branford, esq.- -At York, the Rev. John Hopkins Bradney, of Hurcot, Somerset, to Mary, third dau. of the late Rev. John Preston, of Flasby Hall.- -Chas Wm. Harland, esq. of Sutton Hall, Yorkshire, to Cath. only dau. of Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto, esq. of Whitworth Park, Durham. 19. At Bath, W. Kay, esq. of Cottingham, Yorkshire, to Mrs. Brackenbury, dau. of the late E. Cayley, esq. of Whitby.At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square, Benj. Manning Vander Gucht, esq. to Mary Lydia, third dau. of John Booth, esq. of Wyndham-place.- -20. At St. Paul's, Covent-garden, C. Reynolds, esq. to Eliz. second dau. of J. Plowman, esq. of Coventgarden. 22 At Islington, Hen. Perkins, esq. of Reading, Berks, to Eliza, 2d dau, of Thos. Rich. Read, esq. of Claremont-terrace, Pentonville.— -At St. James's, Clerkenwell, John Bashell, esq. to Charlotte, dau. of Peter Bodkin, esq. of Northamptonsquare. -At Bath, Wm. Rich. Baker Smith, esq. of Castor, co. Northamp. to Miss Martha Pybus.-lu London, E. C. Whinyates, esq. Major R. A. to Saralı Eliz. only dau. of the late Sam. Crompton, esq. of Wood End, near Thirsk, Yorkshire.At Bath, the Rev. Chas. Paul, of White Lackington, Somerset, to Frances Kegan, third dau. of the late John Horne, esq. of St. Vincent's. —— At Tunbridge, John Green, esq. R.N. to Caroline, dau. of the late Edw. Golding, esq. of Maiden Erligh, Berks.- -23. At St. George's, Hanoversquare, Chas. Malpas, barrister at law, to Isabella, dau of the late John Powell Smith, esq.At Brixton, the Rev. James Dean, of Norfolk-st. to Miss Charlotte Crooks, of Denmark-hill, Camberwell. 24. At Cheltenham, A. H. Hinuber, esq. son of Lieut. Col. Hinuber, to Susanna Eliz. dau. of the late Sir Rupert George, bart.Roger Cocksedge, esq. of Woolpit Hall, Suffolk, to Angelina, relict of the late Nath. Snelling, esq.- -At Dover, Francis Harold Duncomb, esq. 52d reg. Light Inf. to 26. -At Bathwick, Thos. Allen, esq. of Kingsdown, to Mary Anne, widow of Edw. Tolfrey, esq. and only dau. of the late Hugh Barrett, esq. of Sportsman's-hall, Jamaica. Mary Theresa, only dau. of Lieut.-Col. ford-row. -At Bath, W. Tudor, esq. Woodroffe, of Poyle Park, Surrey.-28. to Julia, dau. of the late Wm. Eyre, At St. George's, Hanover-sq. D. W. Garnier esq. of New House, Wilts.6. At Clatesq. to Selina, eldest dau. of Thos. Thistleth- ford, Henry Bosanquet, esq. barrister-atwayte, esq. of Southwick Park, Hampshire. law, to Mary, second dau. of the late W. -At Esher, Surrey, Wm. Ryves, esq. Richards, esq. of Clatford.At Chelsea, of Ryves Castle, co. Limerick, to Sarah, J. Staines Daniel, esq. of Blandford, Darsecond dau. of John Turner, esq.-29. set, to Charlotte, second dau. of Lieut -Col. At St. John's Westminster, George Williamson, Commandant of R Military Scott, youngest son of John Scott, Asylum-7. At Cheltenham, James Alesq. of Parliament-street, to Miss Phebe lardyce, M.D. to Charlotte Georgiana, seDitchell, of Vincent-square, second dau. of cond dau. of the late Johu Shakespear, esq. the late Anth. Ditchell, esq. of Cromer, -7. At Kemble, Wilts, Capt. Benthani, Norfolk-At Bridgewater, Rich. An- R.N. to Einma Pellew, dau. of the Rev. stice, esq. Mayor of the borough, son of John Parker, and niece of Lord Exmouth. Ald. Anstice, to Marcia, dau. of Wm. Boys, -At St. Alphage, London, the Rev. esq.Robt. Watts, jun. to Paulina, dau. of the late Thos. Smith, esq. of the Chapter House, St. Pauls.- At Barton Mills, the Rev. Chas, Jenkin Bye, to Emily Martha, eldest dau. of Wm. Walker, esq. of Barton Hall, Suffolk.-31. At Thornbury, T. Hodsoll, esq. of the Excise, to Mary, eldest dau. of the late G. Luce, esq. of Thornbury. Lately. At Frome, the Rev. Edw. Wilson, of Kirby-hall, Norfolk, to Miss King, eldest dau. of the late Mr John King.At Rome, Count Ranghiasci Brancaleoni, to Sarah Matilda, dau. of Sir Benj. Hobhouse, bart.-At Bath, John Neale Nott, R. N. to Eliz. Ann, eldest dau of Thos. Calley, esq. of Burderop Park, Wilts. June 1. At York, Chas. Hale Monro, esq. of Ingsdon House, Devonshire, to Mary Jane, dau. of the late Patrick Mac Dougall, esq. of Mac Dougall. -At Clifton-Church, Henry Crewe, esq. of Stoke's-croft, only son of the late T. K. Crewe, esq. Col. E. I. C. and grandson of the late Very Rev. Christ. Wells, D. D. of Swansea, to Mary, eldest dau. of Mr. J. P. Williams, of Bath -4. At Cheriton, in Kent, the Rev. Fred. Twisleton, Rector of Adlestrop, co. Glouc. to the Hon. Emily Wingfield, dau. of Visc. Powerscourt. At Sidbury, Devon, the Rev. Chas. Edw. Band, Rector of Combrawleigh and Sheldon, to Henrietta Mary Bourke, eldest dau. of the Rev. Henry Fellowes, Vicar of Sidbury. 5. The Rev. W. Short, Vicar of Chippenham, to Jane, eldest dau. of John Awdry, esq. of Notton, co. Wilts.At St. Mary's, Beverley, Capt. Tozer, R. N. of Plymouth, to Mary, eldest dau. of H. Hutton, esq. of Lincoln.-S. W. Savill, esq. of Bocking, Essex, to Susanna, third dau. of J. E. Tabor, esq. At Croydon, Henry, second son of Tho. Bainbridge, esq. of Queen-square, to Harriet Anne, eldest dau. of Chas. F. Burnett, esq. of Haling Park.- -At St. Mary's Marylebone, Samuel Miller, esq. to Miss Barry, only dau. of the late Rev. G. A. Barry, of Reading.Giles Hilton, esq. of Lords, near Faversham, Kent, to Mary, second dau. of Rich. Vanheythuysen, esq. of John-street, Bed 9. At St. George's, Hanover-square, John Howel Davies, esq. of Sunning-hill, to Marianne, eldest dau. of Francis Laking, esq. of Wilton-place.— -At Kennington, Opie Smith, esq. of Bath, to Eliza Anse Clarke, of Kennington.-——At St. James's, Dr. Burne, of Spring-gardens, to Anna Louisa, only dau. of the late Rev. Heury Ford, LL.D. Principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and Canon Resid. of Hereford.In London, Major Edw. Brackenbury, K.T.S. of Aswardby, Lincoln, to Maria, dau. of the Rev. Edw. Bromhead, of Ropham, near Lincoln. 12. The Rev. Rich. Downes, Rector of Berwick St. John, to Charlotte, eldest dau. of Tho. Grove, esq. of Fern, Wilts.- At Scrayingham, the Rev. C. A. Binns, of Malton, to Margaret, only child of Mr. Wildon, of Farfield House, Housham.- -13. At Ipswich, Chas. Spooner Lillingston, esq. to Harriot, only dau. of the Rev. Chas. Fonnereau, of Christ Church Park, Ipswich.-H. M. Leathes, esq. to Charlotte, second dau. of Tho. Fowler, esq. of Gunton Hall, co. Suffolk.-14. At St. George's Hanoversquare, John Chas. Bettesworth Travanion, esq. to Char. Trelawney, dau. of the late Chas. T. Brereton, esq. of Shotwick Park, Cheshire.—16. At St. George's, Hanoversquare, E. B. Portman, esq. M.P. for Dorsetshire, to the Lady Emma Lascelles, third dau. of the Earl and Countess of Harewood. -In Stratton-st. by special licence, the Duke of St. Alban's, to Mrs. Coutts, widow of the late Thos Coutts, esq. Banker. The ceremony was performed by Lord Frederick Beauclerk. There were present the Marquis and March. of Bute, the Countess of Guilford, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl and Countess of Harrowby, and other members of the respective families.-18. At Westerham, Kent, John Mackie Leslie, esq. of Huntingdon, to Anna Sophia, dau. of Dr. Mackie, late of Southampton. 19. Mr. W. Druce, of Cheyne-walk, to Cath. Druce, eldest dau. of N. Dickenson, esq. of Wigmore-street. OBITUARY. KING OF SAXONY. May 5. At Dresden, aged 76, Frederick-Augustus, King of Saxony. He was born Dec. 23, 1750, the eldest son of Frederick-Christian, the preceding Elector, by the Princess Maria-Antoinetta of Bavaria. At the age of thirteen he succeeded his father as Elector; the administration being intrusted, during his minority, to his eldest uncle, Prince Xavier. In 1768, when he assumed the government, Saxony was still suffering from the consequences of the seven years war; but, under the rule of the young Prince, directed by his minister Gutschmidt, it soon attained a comparatively flourishing state. In the course of a few days, bank paper, which had been greatly depreciated, rose above its nominal value. In 1769, Frederick-Augustus married Mary-Amelia- Augusta, sister of the Elector, afterwards King, of Bavaria. The only offspring of the marriage was one daughter, Mary-Augusta, born in 1782, and married in 1819, to Ferdinand VII. King of Spain. In the early part of Frederick's Electoral reign, the ancient Saxon code, notorious for its severity in criminal cases, was greatly meliorated, and the torture abolished. In 1776, a plot was formed against the Elector's person; but, through the information of the King of Prussia, it was discovered in time to prevent mischief, and Colonel Agnolo, a Transalpine, the chief conspirator, was arrested. The Electress dowager, dissatisfied with her political nullity in the state, was supposed to be implicated in this affair. The sincere attachment to the Elector, at this period, evinced by Marcolina, an Italian belonging to the household. subsequently procured for him the office of Minister. Maximilian, Elector of Bavaria, the last male branch of his house, died in 1777. The nearest heir to his personal property was the mother of the Elector of Saxony; and, to enforce his claims as her representative, that Prince allied himself with Frederick II. of Prussia, in opposition to Austria, which, after a single contest, withdrew her claims, and Frederick of Saxony became possessed of half a million sterling of the personal effects of the deceased Elector. By locality of situation, as well as by political connexion, the Elector of Saxony was induced to join with Prussia to watch, if not to over-awe Austria. He was also one of the first to accede to the alliance of Princes, projected by the King of Prussia, ostensibly to support the neutrality of the secondary states of the empire, but virtually to operate against the schemes of Austria. In 1791, Frederick of Saxony magnanimously declined the offer of the crown of Poland, proffered to him in the name of the Polish nation. In the same year, the memorable conferences between the Emperor Leopold and the King of Prussia were held at Pilnitz, one of Frederick's country houses. The Elector of Saxony was unable to avert the projected war against France; but he entered into the coalition against that power with great reluctance. In the ensuing year, when the French troops invaded the Netherlands, and the districts in the Lower Rhine, he was compelled to furnish, for his own protection, as a Prince of the Empire, his contingent of troops of the general army. For four years he adhered to the allies; but when, after the treaty of Basil, between Prussia and France, the French General Jourdan, in 1796, penetrated into Franconia, he proposed an armistice, and acted on the principle of neutrality. During the Congress of Rastadt, from 1797 to 1799, he exerted himself to the utmost to preserve the integrity of the Empire. In the contest between France and Austria, in 1805, he remained neutral, but, from his connexion with Prussia, he was under the necessity of granting to the troops of that power, a passage through Saxony; and also, to furnish, in the following year, a body of 22,000 auxiliaries. The victories of Jena and Auerstadt laid open his territories to the French: the respect due to his personal character proved serviceable to his people; but, as the price of the Elector's neutrality, Buonaparte subjected Saxony to heavy requisitions, and to a contribution in money of 1,000,0007. sterling. To relieve his subjects, the Elector made great advances to France out of his own personal treasury, and from his own personal estates. In consequence of the treaty signed at Posen, in December 1806, the fortifications of Dresden were levelled with the ground. Saxony, however, was constituted a Kingdom; and as a King, the Elector acceded to the confederation of the Rhine. The subsequent treaty of Tilsit conveyed to the new King certain provinces detached from Prussia in various quarters. Frederick was, on the other hand, bound to maintain a body of 20,000 men, to be at the command of Buonaparte for the defence of France. Consequently in 1809, he was compelled to march his troops against Austria; but it was evident that the proclamations which he issued from Frankfort, whither he retired whilst his states were occupied by the Austrians, were dictated by his French connexion. The King of Saxony was obliged to quit Dresden on the approach of the Russians, in the beginning of 1813; but he was restored by France after the battles of Lutzen and Bautzen; and afterwards his country became the seat of war. Numerous were the disasters by which its utter ruin was threatened. Ultimately, the King of Saxony was conducted to Berlin, while a Russian General commanded in Dresden. In October 1814, the Russian officer delivered up his charge to the Prussians, a transfer supposed to have been long previously arranged. Against this arrangement, Frederick made a most energetic protest, positively refusing his consent or acceptance of any indemnification whatsoever. At length, in February 1815, the Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the King of Prussia, determined that the King of Saxony should relinquish to Prussia a tract of valuable country, containing 164,000 inhabitants, that he should lose his share of Poland; that he should cede tracts of land to Saxe Weimar and to Austria; and that his remaining territory should be reduced to an extent of country, inhabited by only 1,128,000. Soon afterwards, Frederick Augustus united his contingent of troops to the allied armies, and they formed a part of the army of occupation on the frontier of France. His efforts were henceforward sedulously employed in healing the deep and dangerous wounds of his Kingdom. Through the influence of the King of Prussia, he on the 1st of May, 1817, acceded to the Holy Alliance. His Majesty's successor is his cousin, of the same name, the son of his uncle, Maximillian, and Caroline-Mary-Theresa of Parma. He was born May 18, 1797; he accompanied the Saxon troops to France in 1815, and he was then contracted with a daughter of the Emperor of Austria. DUC DE LA ROCHEFAUCAULD. March 28. At Paris, aged 81, François Alexandre Frederic, Duc de la Rochefaucauld-Liancourt. This venerable nobleman was still more illustrious for his patriotism and philanthropy, than from his splendid descent from one of the most ancient samilies of France. As a member of the National Assembly he was zealous in promoting reform in the administration and finances, and took a conspicuous part in the debates of the memorable 4th of August, when the feudal system was declared to be abolished. After the 10th of August, 1792, he fled to England, whence he proceeded to America, in which country he remained till 1799, travelling through various parts, and collecting information relative to the state of its agriculture and manufactures, and its political and charitable institutions. The result of these travels be afterwards gave to the public, in six volumes. On his return to France he rejected all the overtures made him by Napoleon, and would accept of no other favour than the order of the Legion of Honour. From this period be applied himself wholly to the improvement of his estates, and established cotton manufactories on the plan of those in Eng land. He founded schools for artisans at Compiegne, Chalons, and Angers; and was instrumental in forming the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers,' at Paris. Every institution that bad for its object either the relief of the suffering or the reform of the guilty shared his zeal; hospitals and prisons, the asylums of indigent age, or deserted infancy, are alike indebted to him for many useful regulations and improvements. In short, his lessons, his example, his influence, were uniformly employed for the benefit of the public; nor should it be forgotten that it is to him France is indebted for the first introduction of vaccination into that country, an object to which be continued to devote his attention during twenty years of his long and useful life. Besides his Travels in America, he published, anonymously, a small but valua ble work, La Statistique du Canton de Creil, which supplies much important information as to the progress of agriculture, trade, manufactures, and popular education in that part of France where he had fixed his residence. The duke's funeral took place on the 30th, but his patriotism and his virtues could not shield his remains from insult while being conducted to the grave. A numerous train of peers, deputies, and distinguished individuals of every rank followed, on this mournful occasion, to the Church of the Assumption, when the solemnity of the scene was suddenly converted into tumult and disorder. Some of the pupils from the school ef Chalons had obtained permission to testify their respect for their benefactor by bearing his coffin to the grave; but a commissary of the police and a military officer insisted upon this ceremony being dispensed with, and recourse was actually had to violence to wrest the the coffin from its bearers; the coffin itself was thrown down, and a number of persons seriously injured. At the Barrier of Clieby, an eloquent harangue in honour of the deceased was pronounced by M. C. Dupin, member of the Academy of Sciences. The following day, on the motion of the Duc de Choiseul, the Chamber of Peers ordered that a specific inquiry should be made into the cause of the disturbance. EARL FERRERS. May... At Hastings, aged 70, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Shirley, seventh Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth, and thirteenth Baronet of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire, F.S.A. His His Lordship was born September 21, 1756, the eldest son of Robert the late Earl, by Catherine, daughter of Rowland Cotton, of Etwall in Derbyshire, esq. He is said to have received his education in High-street, Marylebone, where his father, then a younger brother, resided on a small fortune. He afterwards went abroad, and lived for some years in foreign countries. Lordship succeeded bis father in his bonours in 1787, and was twice married, firstly, March 13, 1778, to Miss Elizabeth Prentise, by whom he had issue an only son, Robert Sewallis, Viscount Tamworth, who married in 1800, the hon. Sophia-Caroline Curzon, daughter of Lord Scarsdale, but died s. p. 1. in 1824 (see VOL. XCIV. ii.). Having lost his first Countess September 14, 1799, the Earl married on that day fortnight, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Wrightson Mundy, of Markeaton, in Derbyshire, esq. and sister to Francis Mundy, esq. now M.P. for that county. This lady died in February last (see p. 283). the largest and most elegant display of Grecian architecture in that county. It is a light and elegant structure; the chief front after Palladio, and backed by a fine wood, in contrast with a wild heath at a due distance, and a variety of beautiful scenery surrounds it. Another seat at Rakedale in Leicestershire, his: Lordship entirely built, about 1785; and at present it is possessed by Mr. Joliffe, in right of his late wife, who was a daughter of Earl Ferrers by his second Lady. The late Earl never at all interfered in public affairs; but was very expert and attentive to his private concerns. He was his own manager, and in consequence his fortune prospered. When he came to his estates, they were, we believe, very much disarranged. His Lordship soon re-instated them, added considerably to his landed property, and died extremely rich in personals. He had a great taste for building, and had at one time six mansions in different parts of the country. His chief seat in Leicestershire was at Staunton Harold, GENT. MAG. June, 1827. "The family of Shirley," says Mr., Burton, in his MS. additions to the Leicestershire, is of great antiquity, of an ancient Saxon line long before the conquest, which, if there was no other. proof, the very Saxon names used by them about the time of the conquest (as Sewal, Fulcher, Eldred, and the like), would fully testify. Their matches were eminent, as with the heirs of Waldecheife, Braose, Basset, Staunton, Lovet, Devereux, and Ferrars, all families of note." In the library of Staunton, the pedigree of Shirley measures nearly 40 feet, and on it are richly emblazoned the arms and several monuments and portraits of this noble family, with copious abstracts of several of their wills, deeds, &c.. Over the porch of the old mansion at Rakedale, (built about 1629, and now a farm-house,) remains a large coat of arms carved in stone, with no less than, The late Lord Ferfifty quarterings. rars had a considerable taste for genealogical and heraldic pursuits; and was particularly well-skilled in the history of his own family. This taste led bis Lordship to be very assistant to Mr. Nichols, when compiling the account of the Shirley Family in his elaborate "History of Leicestershire." To Earl Ferrers, Mr. Nichols dedicated one of his volumes; and in 1795, in anticipation of his Lordship's assistance, Mr. Nichols thus, acknowledges his obligations — "Earl Ferrers has personally condescended to alleviate my labours, by extracts from the original registers of Bredon Priory, by copies of deeds and seals in his own archives, and by the most copious pedigree I have ever yet seen." Some years afterwards, when Mr. Nichols came to describe the Hundreds of East and West Goscote, he was not disappointed in his expectations of his Lordship's effectual assistance. He cheered his labours by his personal attentions at his different seats in the county of Leicester, opened his stores to his researches, and communicated much interesting information, as the reader will be convinced by consulting the third |