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continued to reside at Hanover, where her brother, king William IV., had given her a palace. It was only during the last three years that she passed the winter at Frankfort. It was in this city that she sunk under an inflammation of the intestines. Her royal highness received from England the sum of 10,000!. a-year, out of which she assigned 6,0001. per annum to improve the finances of Hesse. When she gave her hand to the Landgrave, in consequence of the war, and other unfavourable circumstances, the little state was burdened with heavy debts. By means of her assistance, and by the judicious management of M. Ibel, the president, the debts are said to have been so well regulated, that the finances of the country are now in a good condi tion. The princess's funeral took place in the family mausoleum of the Landgraves, at Hesse Homburg, in the presence of the reigning Landgrave Philip, prince Gustavus, the duke of Nassau, and his brother prince Maurice, and other illustrious relatives.

15. At Cheltenham, from the effects of a fall from his horse, maj.-gen. sir George Teasdale, K. H.

16. At Lismullen-park, Ireland, in his 70th year. Sir Charles Drake DilJon, bt., a baron of the Holy Roman empire.

17. In the Isle of Man, aged 63, Mrs. Ann Gore, second daughter of the late rev. Dr. Gore, many years bishop of Limerick.

23. At Barton Grange, Somersetshire, aged 71, sir Frederick Grey Cooper, the sixth baronet, of Gogar, N. B. (1638).

At Rothsay, Isle of Bute, aged 79, major-gen. sir James Campbell, K.C.H. 24. At his seat, Hornby-castle, near Lancaster, aged 84, Sandford Tatham, esq., a retired rear-admiral. During the latter years of his life admiral Tatham was engaged in one of the most memorable legal contests of modern times. Hornby-castle, near Leeds, the antient mansion of the Stanleys Lords Monteagle, was purchased in 1789 by John Marsden, of Wennington-hall, esq. from the earl of Charteris. Mr. Marsden died issueless, in 1826, appointing in his last will George Wright, esq. of Heysham, as his devisee in trust for the heir. The rev. Anthony Lister, of Wennington-hall, vicar of Gargrove, co. York, pursuant to Mr. Marsden's will, took the name of Marsden, and was repated the successor to the property.

Adm. Tatham claimed as cousin and heir in blood, disputing the sanity of the testator. At the first trial, at York assizes, the will was established; but further proceedings were taken, and the litigation was finally settled only in 1836, after eleven days' trial at Lancaster, when adm. Tatham entered with great rejoicings, upon the estate, the rental of which was estimated at nearly 7,0001.

26. At Locherbie-house, N. B. aged 65, the right hon. lady Catharine Heron Douglas, youngest daughter of sir Wm. Douglas, of Kelhead, bart., and sister to the marquess of Queensberry. She was raised to the rank of the daughter of a marquess in May 1837.

At Hampton-court, in the house of her brother, Win. S. Poyntz, esq., Charlotte-Louisa, widow of the hon, and rev. George Bridgeman, rector of Wigan.

28. At Rochester, aged 80, the hon. and rev. Jacob Marsham, D.D. canon of Windsor, and prebendary of Rochester and Wells; uncle of the earl of Romney.

At Boldre-hill, near Lymington, aged 70, Augustus Brine, esq. a retired rear-admiral.

31. In Harley-street, aged 86, sir Josiah Champagné, G.C.I., a general in the army, and colonel of the 17th foot.

At Paris, in her 70th year, lady Theodosia Bligh. She was the second daughter of John, third earl of Darnley, and married in 1790 T. C. Bligh, esq., by whom she has left a family.

Lately. Abroad, aged 60, John Trevanion Purnel Bettesworth Trevanion, esq. of Carhayes, Cornwall, colonel of the militia of that county.

- At Bologna, lady Sophia Butler, dau. of Brinsley earl of Lanesborough and lady Jane Rochfort, of the Belvidere family. Lady Sophia Butler was born in Dublin, 1769, and married in 1787 the Marchese Ludovico Marescotti.

At Friburg, aged 69, Aloyse Mooser, the celebrated organ builder. His master-piece is the organ of the church of St. Nicholas in that town.

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- Mr. Rowland Bond, a lecturer and private teacher of geography and mathematical science; author of Modern and Popular Geography, and other elementary works.

In West Claremont-street, aged 59, Mrs. Park, relict of the celebrated Mungo Park.

At Heytesbury, aged 21, the hon. Frederick Ashe A'Court, youngest son of lord and lady Heytesbury.

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1. At Florence, aged 67, the hon. Caroline-Catharine-Letitia, wife of lieut. col. Alcock, and 4th daughter of St. Leger 1st viscount Doneraile.

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At the Cape of Good Hope, aged 52, James Dunbar, esq., son to the late sir George Dunbar, of Mochrum, bart.

4. At Dublin, lady Mary, widow of the late right hon. William Saurin, and sister to the marquess of Thomond.

6. Aged 86, general James Durham, of Largo, co. Fife.

In his 82nd year, Mr. James Knowles, author of the English Dictionary that bears his name, and father of Mr. Sheridan Knowles, the dramatist and actor. He was first cousin to the late Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Accidentally drowned in a small skiff, at Sandford, about three miles from Oxford, aged 21, John Richardson Currer, esq. a commoner of Balliol College.

7. In Upper Seymour-street, aged 33, the baroness de Moncorvo, lady of the Portuguese minister at this court.

At Holmwood, Charles Henry Stonor, esq. brother of lord Camoys. He was watching the fall of a large beech in his park at Holmwood, when, from the saturated state of the ground it suddenly fell on, and so seriously injured him, that he survived the accident but a few hours.

9. At Newcastle, in his 59th year, Mr. Luke Clennell, formerly a very promising artist. He was the son of a farmer at Ulgham, in Northumberland. The predilection for art, which he early manifested, induced his friends to place him with Bewick, of Newcastle, the celebrated wood-engraver. In 1804, shortly after he had served out his term of apprenticeship, he removed to London, where he soon found abundant employ

ment. Among his best works, as an engraver, are the illustrations to Falconer's Shipwreck, Rogers's Poems, after drawings by Stothard, and the Diploma of the Highland Society, from a design by the President West. His ambition, however, took a higher aim; he resolved to abandon engraving and become a painter. Being familiar with the use of water colours-having already made many drawings from sir Walter Scott's "Border Antiquities"-he resolved to become a candidate for a prize offered by the British Institution, for the best sketch of "The Decisive Charge of the Life Guards at Waterloo." He succeeded, and received 150 guineas. An engraving from this picture was subsequently published by Bromley. In 1814, the earl of Bridgewater gave Mr. Clennell a commission to paint a large picture, commemorative of the dinner given by the City of London to the Allied Sovereigns, in which he was to introduce portraits of the principal guests. The artist had, of course, great difficulty in procuring the required portraits. At length having collected all his materials, and finished his sketch, he was proceeding vigorously with the great work itself, when in April 1817 he suddenly became insane, an affliction from which he never recovered.

10. In Brooke-street, Grosvenor-sq., in his 74th year, Sir Jeffry Wyatville, knt., and knt. of the Saxon Ernestine Order, a royal academician, and fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. Sir Jeffry Wyatville was the son of Joseph Wyatt, an architect resident at Burton-upon-Trent, in the county of Stafford, where he was born on the 3rd of August, 1766. He received the common rudiments of education at the freeschool of his native place; and his early passion was for the sea; but circumstances having conspired to prevent his indulging it, he came to London in 1783, where he found a friend and protector in Samuel Wyatt, his father's brother, then an architect and builder of repute, with whom he continued more than seven years. In the hope of acquiring further professional knowledge, young Wyatt had recourse to another uncle, Mr. James Wyatt, likewise an architect of considerable talents, and who was then employed by king George III., in making various alterations at Windsor Castle. In his office, his nephew served a second term of ap

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prenticeship; and, besides improvement in practice, obtained numerous introductions to influential persons, among whom was the prince of Wales, who honoured him with personal notice up to 1799. In this year, Mr. Jeffry Wyatt joined in business an eminent builder, who had extensive government and other contracts. In this profitable concern he continued till 1824; when he unexpectedly received from king George IV. instructions respecting designs for the restoration of Windsor Castle. The sum of 300,000l. having been voted by parliament towards the expenses of these improvements, and the plan of operations settled, on the 12th of August, 1824, the birthday of George IV., the first stone was laid by the king, it being part of the foundation of the new gateway on the southern side of the Great Quadrangle, and thenceforth named George the Fourth's Gateway. On this occasion the architect received the royal authority for changing his name to Wyatville, chiefly for the purpose of distinguishing him from his uncle, Mr. James Wyatt, whose share in the archi tectural works at Windsor, during the reign of George III., has already been mentioned. At the time that Mr. Wyatville commenced his improvements, in 1824, the alterations and additions made in the castle buildings, from the commencement of the Tudor dynasty to the year 1824, were not only inharmonious with the castellated character of the older works, but were generally tasteless in design, and slight and bad in execution. Hence the fronts of the latter class were taken down, when the whole of the main timbers were found to be decayed. New floors and ceilings, with new partition walls, were necessary; and to improve the exterior effect of the elevations, each wall was raised several feet, and finished with bold embattled parapets. The angular and intermediate towers were also augmented in height, and each crowned with a machicolated summit. The chimney-shafts were formed into stone clusters, and made to assume the shapes of turrets. Around the south and east sides of the interior of the great quadrangle was erected a spacious corridor, 550 feet in length, connected with and forming grand and convenient approaches to the chief suites of apart ments which belong to those parts of

the castle. The works proceeded with such rapidity, that, on the 9th December, 1828, the king's private apartments were completed, and his majesty formally took possession of the castle, on which occasion the king conferred the honour of knighthood on his architect. The progress of the repairs was rather expedited than stayed by the king having taken up his residence at the castle. The decayed and dangerous state of the building had, however, occasioned an expenditure much beyond the original estimates; indeed, at Midsummer, in 1830, the cost appeared to bave been nearly doubled. Application was, accordingly made to parliament for further advances; when, opposition being raised in the house of commons, a committee was appointed to investigate the castle works, and the probable amount of money requisite for their completion. The committee, at length, ordered works to be undertaken to the estimated amount of 148,7967. to be advanced at the rate of 50,000l. per annum. This grant was made exclusively for the architect's department, independent of the upholsterer, decorator, and other artisans. Since that time, much has been done. The Elizabethan Gallery has been finished, and fitted up as a library; the Waterloo Gallery has been completed, and adorned with portraits, by Lawrence, of the principal monarchs, statesmen, and generals of Europe; the old principal staircase has been removed, so as to present an uninterrupted view from the northern terrace, through the superb pile, by means of opposite entrances, to the unrivalled Long Walk on the south; a noble staircase having been elsewhere constructed, in which is placed a colossal statue of George IV., 9 ft. 6 inch. high, by Chantrey. Lodges have also been erected at the junction of the Long Walk with the Home Park; and several of the old state apartments, at the north-west part of the upper court, have been enlarged and substantially repaired. At the north-west angle of this court, sir Jeffry had designed a splendid chapel. The heightening of the Keep, or Round Tower, by some feet, is also an improvement which adds pre-eminently to the dignity of the magnificent pile. Von Raumer, on his visit in 1833, found Windsor far exceeding his expectations, and making a greater impression on him than all

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the other castles he had ever seen

put together. Whilst Windsor Castle is the chef-d'a uvre of sir Jeffry Wyatville, he had wholly built, or improved, many other edifices in different parts of the kingdom. He left some of his works in thirty-five out of the forty English counties, and four out of the twelve Welsh. Through the introduction of queen Adelaide, sir Jeffry designed a castle at Altenstein, for her brother the reigning duke of Saxe Meiningen; as also a palace, with extensive stables, and a riding house for Meiningen; for which works the duke presented him the grand cross of the Saxon Ernestine order, as a mark of his approbation. In the summer of last year he designed the stables at Windsor Castle. A portait of sir Jeffry was painted by sir Thomas Lawrence, by command of George IV., and placed in the royal collection at Windsor Castle; and since his death, sir Francis Chantrey has received command from her present majesty to place his bust in the long gallery.

11. At Barnsley, aged 88, Joseph Beckett, esq. one of her majesty's deputy lieutenants for the West Riding, uncle to sir John Beckett, bart. Also on the 13th, aged 79, Mary, his wife, daughter of John Stainforth, esq. of Hull. 12. At the Spa Hotel, Durham, the right hon. Maria countess of Leitrim. She was the eldest daughter aud coh. of the late William Birmingham, esq. was married to the present earl of Leitrim in 1804, and has left issue viscount Clements, M.P., three other sons, and three daughters.

13. At Norfolk island, drowned by the upsetting of a boat, in his 30th year, the hon. John Charles Best, captain of the 50th regiment, tenth and youngest child of lord Wynford.

In St. James's Palace, Laura Maria, second daughter of major-general sir H. Wheatley, G.C.II.

15. At Harewood-house, aged 70, the right hon. Henrietta countess of Harewood.

16. At Fir Grove, Eversley, dame Elizabeth Dorothea Cope, wife of Hen. Rush, esq. and relict of sir Denzil Cope, bart., of Bramshill.

17. At Hastings, in the nineteenth year of her age, Frances Ursula, eldest daughter of the hon. and very rev. Geo. Pellew, D.D. of Corpus Christi College, dean of Norwich.

18. At Leamington, in his 63rd year, the right hon. William Murray, third earl of Mansfield.

20. In his 21st year, Arthur Archibald, youngest surviving son of the late hon. George Winn, M.P., of Warley Lodge, Essex.

21. At Dorchester, aged 75, Charlton Byam Wollaston, esq. for many years chairman of the Quarter Sessions of that county.

21. In Guernsey, in his 75th year, John Jacob, esq. author of "Anuals of some of the British Norman Isles constituting the Bailiwick of Guernsey." of which Part I. was printed in a large 8vo. volume, at Paris, in 1830.

24. At Rome, the hon. Frances Catharine Mackenzie second daughter of the late lord Seaforth.

25. At Hastings, in his 74th year, the ven. Thomas Birch, D.C.L. archdea. con of Lewes, and vicar of Bexhill, Sussex.

25. At Dieppe, the rev. James Beaver, formerly fellow of Corpus Christi college, Oxford, and for many years rector of Childrey, Berks. Mr. Beaver, in early life, served as chaplain both in the army and navy. Whilst in the latter service he was on board the Monarch, in the battle of Copenhagen; and behaved with so much courage and presence of mind as to attract the notice of all on board. The officer who had the charge of an important gun having fallen early in the day, Mr. Beaver took his place, and fought his gun with so great skill and bravery to the end of the action, that he was honoured with the especial notice of lord Nelson, and on his return to England had a gold medal presented to him, in commemoration of his conduct.

27. At Manchester, Mr. Henty Wyatt, painter.

29. At Bedlington, aged 110, Mrs. Mary Lorimer. She perfectly remembered the rebellion of 1745, at which time she was in service at Morpeth.

At Harrington-house, Privy-gardens, aged 58, the hon. Lincoln Edwin Robert Stanhope, a major-general in the army, and C.B.; brother to the earl of Harrington.

Lately. At Stettin, princess Elizabeth of Brunswick. She was born in 1746, and married in 1765 the crown prince, afterwards Frederick William II., king of Prussia, but divorced from him in 1769. She was the only surviving

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princess of the house of BrunswickWolfenbuttle, of which the only members now living are the reigning duke and his brother Charles.

-In Paris, from the effects of a gun-shot wound, received forty years since, marshal Maison.

MARCH.

1. Aged 40, William James Ward, esq. A.R.A of Albany-street, Regent's Park, Mezzotinto engraver to their late majesties George IV. and William IV. In Eaton-place, in his 65th year, sir Charles Richard Blunt, the fourth baronet (1720) M.P. for Lewes.

4. At Barnes, in her 18th year, the lady Alicia Hope, daughter of John, fourth earl of Hopetown.

5. At the seat of lord Wynford, near Chiselhurst, aged 72, the right hon. Mary Anne lady Wynford.

At Blenheim, after a short illness, within one day of completing his 74th year, the most noble George SpencerChurchill, fourth duke of Marlborough and marquess of Blandford, &c. He was the elder son of George, fourth duke of Marlborough, K.C., by lady Caroline Russell, only daughter of John, fourth duke of Bedford. In July, 1804, he was appointed one of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty, which office he held until February 1806. In 1817 he succeeded his father in the dukedom, having previously been called up by writ to the house of peers as baron Spencer; and in May following, he was authorized by royal sign manual, to take the surname of Churchill after that of Spencer, and to bear the arms of Churchill quarterly with those of Spencer, in memory of his celebrated ancestor, John, first duke of Marlborough. Whilst marquess of Blandford, his grace was distinguished by the magnificence and expense with which he indulged his taste, particularly in his gardens and his library at White Knights, rear Reading. For the latter he purchased at the duke of Roxburghe's sale, in 1812, Valderfer's edition of the Decamerone of Boccaccio, printed at Venice in 1471, at the enormous price of 2,2601.; and in 1815, the celebrated Bedford Missal, at the sale of the library of James Edwards, esq. of Pall Mall, for

the sum of 6981. 5s. Most of the duke of Marlborough's collections, however, have been long since dispersed; and during the latter years of his life he lived in utter retirement at one corner of his magnificent palace: a me. lancholy instance of the results of extravagance. The duke married, 1791, lady Susan Stewart, daughter of John, eighth earl of Galloway, K. T., by whom he had issue four sons and two daughters.

6. At Richmond, lady Anne Bingham, aunt to the present earl of Lu

can.

At Kensington, aged 72, Anthony Browne, esq. for many years a member of parliament, and for nearly half a century, down to the period of his decease, agent for the island of Antigua. He was first returned to parliament for Hedon in 1806.

At South Molton, aged 48, C. R. Goring, esq. M.D. For many years he assiduously devoted himself to effecting improvements in the microscope, and his works, in conjunction with those of Mr. Andrew Pritchard, published under the titles of “ Microscopic Illustrations," "Microscopic Cabinet," and "Micographia," have long been before the public.

7. At Dublin, Mary, wife of sir Thomas Esmonde, bart.

9. At Stirling, in his 87th year, the right rev. George Gleig, LL.D. bishop of Brechin, primus of the Scottish episcopal church. He was ordained a priest in 1773, and consecrated bishop of the diocese of Brechin in 1808. Besides the labours of his diocese, he was the author of "Papers on Morals and Metaphysics." For some years past he had retired from active life, and in 1837 the right rev. David Moir, D.D. of Brechin, was consecrated assistant and successor to his diocese. As a scholar, a theologian, a metaphysician, and a critic, his name has for more than sixty years stood among the most eminent. He was father of the rev. G. R, Gleig, M.A. author of the "Subaltern" &c.

10. The countesse De Tourville, of Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park.

At Edgbaston, in his 25th year, Thomas Cotterell Scholefield, son of Joshua Scholefield, esq. M.P. for Birmingham.

11. At Cullen-house, co. Banff, in his 23rd year, Francis William Grant, esq. commonly styled The Master of Grant,

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