hon. J, Hookham Frere, to Theodora, daughter of the lord bishop of Madras.

DECEMBER.

29. At Marylebone, Henry James Baillie, esq., M.P. for Inverness-shire, to the hon. Phillippa Sydney-Smythe, eldest daughter of viscount Strangford, G.C.B.

PROMOTIONS.

1840.

JANUARY.

GAZETTE PROMOTION.

trious house, the royal arms in the first and fourth quarters.

19. Knighted, T. Wilde, esq. her majesty's solicitor-general; and W. Martins, esq. gent. usher of the sword of state. Knighted, the hon. E. Butler, lieut. of her majesty's corps of gentlemen at arms.

22. J. M. Kemble, esq. to be examiner of all plays, or any other entertainment of the Stage, in the room of (his father) C. Kemble, esq. resigned.

24. T. N. Harris, esq. to be one of the grooms of her majesty's privy chamber in ordinary, erice S. H. Paget, esq. resigned.

25. Lord R. Grosvenor to be groom of the stole; Mr. G. E. Anson, treasurer ; lord G. Lennox and viscount Borringdon, gentlemen of the bedchamber; lieut.-col. Bouverie, Royal Horse Guards Blue, and lieut.-col. Wylde, R.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

J. Manning and J. Halcombe, esqrs. of the Western circuit; W. E. Channell and W. Shee, esqrs. of the Home circuit; and E. C. Wrangham, esqr. of the Northern circuit, to the degree of sergeants-at-law.

D. Maclise, W. F. Witherington, and S. A. Hart, esqrs. elected royal academicians, vice sir W. Beechey, C. Rossi, and W. Wilkins, deceased.

M. O'Connell, esq. to be first assistant registrar of deeds for Ireland.

FEBRUARY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Master H. W. J. Byng to be page of honour to her majesty, vice Cavendish. 4. The earl of Listowel to be one of the lords in waiting to her majesty.

6. His serene highness Francis Albert duke of Saxe, prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, K.G. to be styled and called "his royal highness," before his name and such titles as now do, or hereafter may, belong to him.

7. His royal highness Francis Albert duke of Saxe, prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, K.G. to use and bear the royal arms, differenced with a label of three points argent, the centre point charged with the cross of St. George, quarterly with the arms of his illus

Anson, G.C.B. and lieut. F. Seymour, 19th reg. to be grooms of the bedchamber, to his royal highness prince Albert.

Baron Crofton elected one of the Irish representative peers, in the room of the late earl of Kingston.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Denbigh county.-Hon. H. Cholmondeley.

Meath county.-M. E. Corbally, esq. Rutland.-Hon. C. G. Noel.

MARCH.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

5. His royal highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel duke of Saxony, prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, K.G. her majesty's consort, shall henceforth, upon all occasions and in all meetings, except where otherwise provided for by act of parliament, have, hold, and enjoy place, pre-eminence, and precedence next to her majesty.— The hon. E. L. Mostyn sworn lord-lieut. of the co. of Merioneth, and M. Biddulph, esq. lord-lieut. of the co. of Denbigh.

6. His royal highness prince Albert invested with the ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.

Knighted, T. Marrable, esq. secretary to the Board of Green Cloth.

9. A. Y. Spearman, esq. late assistant secretary to the treasury, created a bart. of the United Kingdom. S. H. Paget, esq. to be police magistrate at Gibraltar. A. B. J. Clogstoun, esq. to be marshal of Trinidad.

13. A. Stockenstrom, of Maas Strom, Cape of Good Hope, esq. captain in the army, created a bart. of the United Kingdom.

The 11th regt. of Light Dragoons to be armed, clothed, and equipped as Hussars, and be styled the 11th (or prince Albert's Own) Hussars.

17. The hon. R. Abercomby to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the king of Sardinia; the hon. W. T. H. F. Strangways to be her majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation.

18. James-Henry-Robert duke of Roxburghe, and Archibald John earl of Roseberry invested with the Order of the Thistle.

Knighted, major R. H. Bonny castle, of the Royal Engineers.

20. Knighted by patent, R. B. Clarke, esq. solicitor-gen. in Barbadoes.

30. The dignity of a duchess of the United Kingdom granted to the right hon. lady C. L. Underwood, (eldest sur viving daughter of A. Saunders, second earl of Arran, by Elizabeth, his third wife, daughter of R. Underwood, late of Dublin, esq.) by the title of duchess of Inverness.

NAVAL PROMOTION.

The hon. G. Elliot, C.B. to be commander-in-chief in the East Indies.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Helston.-J. Basset, esq.
Inverness burghs.-J. Morrison, esq.
Lewes.-Lord Cantilupe.
Morpeth.-Lord Leveson.
Perthshire.-H. H. Drummond, esq.
Woodstock.-F. Thesiger, esq.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

D. Dundas, esq. to be queen's counsel. Rev. S. Reay, to be Laudian professor of Arabic, Oxford.

APRIL.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

4. G. Napier, esq. advocate, to be

sheriff depute of Peebles, vice J. Wood, esq. resigned.

6. Knighted, lieut.-col. C. Chichester, 81st Foot, Brigadier-gen. in the service of the queen of Spain, K.S.F., &c.

18. The lieut.-governor of the Bahama Islands, col. F. Cockburn, to be governor and commander-in-chief of the said Islands.

25. Lieut.-col. the hon. G. R. Abercromby to be lieut. and sheriff principal of the shire of Clackmannan.

27. G. Spiers, esq. to be sheriff-depute of the shire of Edinburgh.

H. W. des Voeux, esq., to be one of the gentlemen ushers daily waiters in ordinary to her Majesty.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

R. Moore, esq. Q.C., to be serjeantat-law in Ireland, in the room of Mr, Curry, now master in chancery.

JUNE.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

5. C. Innes, esq., to be sheriff-depute of the shires of Elgin and Nairn, vice Speirs.

6. Colonel J. G. Baumgardt, 2nd Foot; lieut.-col. J. Pennycuick, 17th Foot; lieut.-col. R. Carruthers, 2nd Foot; and major A. C. Peat, Bombay Eng., to be companions of the order of the Bath.

13. Sir T. Willshire, K.C.B., colonel in the army, created a baronet of the United Kingdom.

16. Brevet major sir Alex. Burnes, knt, of the 21st Bombay N. Inf., to be a companion of the Bath.

19. R. Langslow, esq., to be one of the judges of the district court of Colombo in the Island of Ceylon.

20. Lieut.-gen. the right hon. sir F. Adam, lieut.-gen. sir B. D'Urban, and lieut.-gen. sir A. F. Barnard, to be knights grand cross of the Bath.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

Vice-admiral sir H. Digby, K.C.B., to be commander-in-chief at Sheerness. -Rear-admiral sir E. D. King, K.C.H., to be commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Cockermouth.-E. Horsman, esq.,

re-elected.

Radnor county.-Sir J. Walsh, bart., Sudbury.-G. Tomline, esq., The earl of Lucan, elected a representative peer of Ireland.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Hon. and rev. W. Herbert, to be warden of Manchester.

JULY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Knighted, J. Adolphus, esq., M.D., inspector-general of army hospitals, in the Island of Jamaica.

- The Earl of Aboyne to be one of the lords in waiting to her majesty, vice visc. Falkland.

Knighted, the right hon. W. S. Clark, lord mayor of York; J. Walmsley, of Wavertree-hall, co. Lancashire, esq., mayor of Liverpool; W. Lowthrop, esq., mayor of Hull; J. W. Williams, esq., F.R.S. mayor of Portsmouth; T. Potter, esq., mayor of Manchester; R. Pendlebury, esq., alderman and late mayor of Stockport; J. Fife, esq., late mayor of Newcastle; A. M. Downie, esq., M.D. physician to her late R. H. the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg; and J. Hare, esq., of Springfield, co. Somerset.

Rear-admiral sir J. Brenton, bart. and K.C.B., to be vice-admiral of the blue.

C. D. Day, esq., to be solicitor-general in Lower Canada.

2. C. Warner, esq., to be solicitorgeneral in Trinidad.-R. Bernard, esq., to be advocate-general and crown solicitor in South Australia.

4. Admirals sir W. Hotham, and sir J. Rowley, bart., and vice-admirals sir C. Rowley, bart., and sir D. Milne, to be knights grand cross of the Bath.Vice-admiral J. West, and rear-admirals sir C. Dashwood, knt. sir J. W. Loring, knt. C.B., sir R. Barrie, knt. C.B., sir J. Hillyar, knt. C.B., and lord W. Fitzroy, C.B., to be knights commanders; and captains C. Gordon (a), C. Dilkes, W. Goate, T. T. Tucker, C. Bell, H. Weir, and G. Le Geyt, R.N. to be C.B.

6. Created baronets of the United Kingdom.-T. F. Buxton, of Belfield, co. Dorset, esq.; J. Stuart, esq., chief justice of the province of Lower Canada; J. H. Pelly, of Upton, co. Essex, esq.; and J. P. Bruce, Chichester, of Arlington court, co. Devon, esq.

Rear-admiral sir J. A. Gordon, K.C.B. to be lieut.-governor of Greenwich Hospital.

9. R. Handyside, esq., advocate, to be sheriff-depute of Stirling.

16. C. Locock, M.D. to be first physician accoucheur to her majesty; R. Ferguson, M.D. to be second physician;

and R. Blagden, esq., to be surgeon accoucheur.

Captain C. Boyle, R.N., nephew to the earl of Cork, appointed groom of the chamber to his royal highness prince Albert.

24. Knighted, by the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, R. Franklin, esq., lord mayor of Dublin.

27. The following regiments, viz. 4th light dragoons, 16th light dragoons, 2nd foot, 13th, and 17th foot, to bear on their second or regimental colours, and also on their appointments, the words Affghanistan," and "Ghuznée." The 2nd and 17th regiments of foot to bear the word "Khelat,"

MEMBER RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT. Cumberland (East.)-Hon. C. W. G. Howard.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENT. Rev. C. Thirlwall, to be bishop of St. David's.

AUGUST.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

7. Knighted, J. J. Reid, esq., chief justice of the Ionian Islands.

10. The right hon. C. P. Thomson, governor-general of her majesty's provinces of North America, created baron Sydenham, of Sydenham, co. Kent, and of Toronto; in Canada.

The earl of Lovelace to be lord-lieut. of the co. of Surrey.

11. Timothy Yates Brown, esq. to be consul for the Duchy of Genoa.

Sir James Clark, bt. M.D. F.R.S., and Henry Holland, M.D. F. R. S., to be physicians in ordinary to his royal highness prince Albert; John Forbes, M. D. F. R. S., and Theodore Gordon, M.D., to be physicians extraordinary; sir Benjamin Brodie, bart., F.R.S., Benjamin Travers, esq. F.R.S., and Charles Aston Key, esq. to be surgeons in ordinary; and Alexander Nasmyth, esq., M.R.C.S., to be surgeon-dentist.

13. Captain H. Smith, R. N. to be a companion of the Bath.

15. Knighted, captain James Edward Alexander, lieut.-col. in the Portuguese service, and knight of the Lion and Sun.

- Lord Poltimore to be one of the lords in waiting to her majesty.

17. The under-mentioned retired rear admirals transferred to the active list of flag officers of her majesty's

fleet-To be vice-admirals of the Blue, John Chesshyre, esq. and B. R. Littlehales, esq.-To be rear-admirals of the Red, Charles Wollaston, esq., Charles Tinling, esq., sir Gcorge Mundy, Rich. Peacocke, esq., Nicholas Tomlinson, esq., and James Katon, esq.-To be rearadmirals of the White, Richard Poulden, esq., Peter Ribouleau, esq., Matthew Buckle, esq., John Allen, esq., James Noble, esq., F. H. Coffin, esq., Jeffery Baron de Raigersfeld, C. J. W. Neshain, esq., John Wight, esq., H. F. Edgell, esq., William Butterfield, esq., William Young, esq., Jacob Walton, esq., B. M. Praed, esq., Samuel Motley, esq., Edward W. Browne, esq. J. R. Smollett, esq., hon. William Le Poer Trench, Edward S. Clay, esq., Charles Carter, esq., William H. B. Tremlett, esq., Samuel Butcher, esq. To be rear-admirals of the Blue, Matthew Godwin, esq., sir Salusbury Davenport, knt. C. B. and K. C. H., Francis Temple, esq., Henry Gordon, esq., J. S. Carden, esq., J. W. Holland, esq., John Impey, esq., H. M. Ommaney, esq,, Archibald Duff, esq., and the hon. major Jacob Henniker.

20. Lord visc. Falkland to be lieut.governor of the province of Nova Scotia.

The right hon. John lord Keane, G.C. B., and his descendants, to bear to the armorial ensigns of his family the honourable augmentation following, viz. "On a chief, a representation of the strong and important fortress of Ghuznée," and a crest of honourable augmentation, " On a wreath, a representation of the Cabool gate of the said fortress of Ghuzuée."

25. The right hon. Charles Baron Sydenham to be governor of the province of Canada.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Maziere Brady, esq. to be chief baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland.

David Pigot, esq. to be attorney-general, Ireland; Richard Moore, esq. solicitor-general, Ireland; Dr. Stock, serjeant at law.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Cavan County.-H. J. Clements, esq. Louth County.-Thomas Fortescue, esq.

Surrey (West).-John Trotter, esq.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. C. E. Gadsden to be bishop of South Carolina.

Rev. J. Calthorp to be archdeacon of Derby.

SEPTEMBER.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

11. His royal highness prince Albert sworn of the Privy Council.

28. John Hindmarsh, esq., captain, R. N. to be lieut.-governor of Heligoland.

MEMBERS Returned to ParLIAMENT.

Clonmell.-Right hon. D. R. Pigot,

re-elected.

Waterford County.-Hon. R. S. Ca

rew.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. P. N. Shuttleworth, D.D. to be bishop of Chichester.

Rev. G. Waddington, D.D., dean of Durham.

Rev. W. H. Hale, to be archdeacon of Middlesex.

Rev. J. Bartholomew, to be canon of Exeter.

CIVIL PREFERMENT.

John Romilly, esq. to be a master in Chancery.

OCTOBER.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

5. Robert Nicholas Fynn, esq. to be chief justice of Tobago.

15. John Jeremie, esq. to be governor of Sierra Leone, and Owen Flintoff, esq. chief justice of the same colony.

16. Miles Thomas Stapleton, of Carlton, co. York, esq. summoned by writ to the house of peers, by the title of baron Beaumont, he being the sole heir of Joan Lovel lady Stapleton, eldest daughter of Joan sister of William viscount and baron Beaumont, in whom the barony of Beaumont was vested by descent from his father, John Baron Beaumont, who sat in parliament in the reign of Henry VI,

VOL. LXXXII.

The duke of Northumberland, to be chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

The rev. P. Wynter, D.D. to be vicechancellor of the University of Oxford.

Dr. Williams (master of Winchester), to be warden of New College, Oxford.

Ald. Thomas Johnson, to be lord mayor of London (after a contest, in which the return of the livery was, ald. Harmer, 2294; Ald. Johnson, 2713; Ald. Pirie, 2741.

Mr. Ald. Gibbs and Mr. Farncomb, to be sherifls of London and Middlesex.

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