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Tanat Wynne Denton, esq. M.D. of Denbigh, to Margaret-Alice, only dau. of the late John Colley, esq. of Liverpool.--At_Ringstead, William-Henry, eldest son of J. G. La Serre, esq. of Hackney, to Mary, second dau. of Thomas Wilkins, esq. of Ringstead House, Northamptonshire.

21. At Naples, Capt. Lord William Compton, R.N. second son of the Marquis of Northampton, to Eliza, dau. of Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Elliott-At Rushall, Wilts, John Gale, esq. of Ogbourn St. George, to Miss Thomson, of York-terr. Regent's Park.

At Colyton, John Latoysonere Scarbrough, esq. of Shaldon, to Marian, only child of RearAdmiral Impey, of Coly Villa, Devon.-At Paris, Joseph Silvester Godfrey, esq. of Highgate, and of the Middle Temple, barrister-atlaw, to Mary-Anne-Priestley, grand-dau. of the late William Maden, esq. of Lincolnshire.At Wantage, J. Zaba, esq. of Paris, to Belinda, youngest dau. of Robert Church, esq. of Bishopstone, Wilts.-At Beverley, George Frederick Smith, esq. of Golden-sq. to Aun, second dau. of the late S. Shepherd, esq. of Beverley.

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22. At Beaulieu Hill, Norwood, Surrey, John Coates, esq. of Demerara, to Mary-Jane, eldest dau, of the late Charles Bingham, esq. of Beaulieu Hill.-At Rendcomb, Gloucestersh. Henry Miller, esq. of Preston, Lanc. to Caroline-Anne, eldest dau. of the late Robt. Robbins, esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields. Streatham, John, younger son of Joseph Dawson, esq. of Streatham Hill, to Mary, younger dau. of the late William Bousfield, esq.- At Westminster, Barnard Wight Holt, esq. of Abingdon st. Westminster, to Sarah-Margaret, only child of Dyer Dew, esq. of Walcotplace, Kennington. At Cheltenham, Evanson Alchorne, esq. to Cordelia-Sophia, second dau. of the late Rev. John Conyers Place, of Marnhull, Dorset.At Paris, at the Chapel of the British Ambassador, the ceremony having been previously performed according to the rites of the Catholic Church, Aimé François, Comte de Broc de la Tuveliere, Chamberlain of the King of Bavaria, to Louisa, only dau. of the late George Rowland Minshull, esq. of Aston Clinton, Bucks, during many years a Magistrate at the Police Office, Bow-st.-At Newport, I.W., John Stileman Bostock, esq. of Ventnor, to Sarah, dau. of the late Robt. Hurst, esq. of Horsham Park, Sussex.-- -At Plymouth, Charles Appleyard, esq. of Yorkstreet, Portman-square, to Catharine-Eleanor, youngest dau. of Captain William Philip Daykin, of Oriel Mount, Totnes, Devonsh.

At Hanwell, Charles Rivers Freeliug, esq. youngest son of the late Sir Francis Freeling, Bart. to Louisa, third dau. of Iltid Nicholl, esq. of Portland-pl.- -At Edinburgh, Jackson Townsend, esq. of Liverpool, to PaulineFrances, youngest dau. of Felix Yaniewicz, esq. of Edinburgh.- At Christ Church, Marylebone, the Rev. Daniel Moore, M.A. of Christ Chapel, St. John's Wood, to FannyHenrietta, youngest dau. of the late George Lackington, esq.

24. At Kennington, J. H. Thorne, esq. H.C.S., third son of the late Joshua Thorne, esq. of Old Stratford, to Sarah, youngest dau. of the late James Combes, esq. of Aldgate.

At Christ Church, Marylebone, Robert Deverell, eldest son of Robert Pyper, M.D. late 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, to Harriette, youngest dau. of Capt. Cuthbert Featherstone Daly, R.N. C.B.-At Islington, Edward James Gouly, eldest son of Gouly de Chaville, esq. late of Southern Hill, Berks, to Elizabeth-Frances, youngest dau. of the late William Hanson Dearsly, esq. of Shinfield, Berks. At Fullam, B. F. Foster, esq. to

Mariana, only dau. of the late Charles Stuart Nixon, esq.1.At Eaton, Norfolk, Daniel Cullington, esq. jun. of Craven-st. to Anna-Maria, dau. of John Sherren Brewer, esq. of Mile-end House, near Norwich.-At Hull, Thomas Adolphus Knoblock, esq. to Mary-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Thomas Rennards, esq. of Cottingham.--At Chichester, John Hamilton, eldest son of John Burrill, esq. of Cosham House, Hants, to Caroline, dau. of the late J. W. Wilkinson, esq. of Surbrook House.-At Dorking, John, second son of the late Heathfield Young, esq. of Dorking, to Caroline, youngest dau. of James Cheesman, esq.-—At St. Saviour's, Southwark, Philip Roberts, esq. of Upper Montagu-st. Russell-sq. and Careyst. Lincoln's-inn, to Sarah-Rew, only dau. of the late John Rawlinson Harris, esq. M. P., of Winchester House, Southwark.

26. At St. Pancras, Alexander Hay, esq. surgeon, to Jane, eldest dau. of John Charles Bristow, esq. of Eusemere Hill, Ulleswater, Westmoreland.

27. At Great Baddow, near_Chelmsford, Hunter, eldest son of William Rodwell, esq. of Ipswich, to Mary-Packer, dau. of James Boggis, esq. of Baddow Court, Essex, and only grandchild of the late William Packer, esq. At Totnes, Stephen Francis Shairp, esq. banker, Totnes, to Caroline, eldest dau. of Charles Michelmore, esq. of Highfield-At the Church of Charles the Martyr, J. C. Lambton Carter, esq. Capt. 53rd Regt. son of the late Col. Carter, 44th Regt. to Susan Frances, second dau. of Capt. James Lillicrap, R. N. -At Battersea, Adolphus F. Slade, esq. of Battersea-fields, to Charlotte-Amelia, eldest dau. of Henry P. Hulme, esq. of the Claphamroad. At Portsea, the Rev. Robert P. Hutchison, B. A., of Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, to Catharine-Bronncker, second dau. of William Atfield, esq. of Grove House, Southsea, Hants.--At Twickenham, Edward Nathaniel Conant, esq. eldest son of John Edward Conant, esq. of Upper Wimpole-st., to Gertrude-Mary, second dau. of the Rev. Charles Proby, Canon of Windsor and Vicar of Twickenham. At Westbury-upon-Trym, Edward, eldest son of the late Edward Strachey, esq. Bengal Civil Serv., to Elizabeth, dau. of the late Rev. Wm. Wilkieson, of Woodbury, Cambridgesh. and Bath.- At Clonfert, the Rev. Edward I. Phipps, Rector of Devizes, Wilts, and son of the late Thomas Hele Phipps, esq. of Leighton House, to Susanna. Henrietta, eldest dau. of the Ven. I. S. Butson, Archdeacon of Clonfert, only son of the late Bishop of that diocese.- At Chelsea, Ponsonby Arthur, eldest son of the Rev. Henry Moore, of Ballyhale, co. Kilkenny, to Augusta-Sophia, youngest dau. of Major-Gen. the Hon. William Henry Gardner, of Cadoganpl. At St. Pancras, Augustus Frederick Hamilton, esq. of Kentish Town, to Mary, youngest dau. of the late George Richards, esq. of Bedford-pl. Hampstead-road. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. Edward Baines, Rector of Bluntisham, Hunts, to Catharine-Eularia, youngest dau. of the late John Baines, esq. of Shooter's Hill, Kent.

-At St. Mary's, Islington, John Alexander Weir, esq. of North End, Fulhamn, to Mary-Anne, eldest dau. of Dr. Venables, Royal Art.-At Great Malvern, the Rev. Edward Otto Trevelyan, A.M. of Stogumber, Somerset, younger son of the late Ven. Archdeacon Trevelyan, to Emma, only dau. of Charles Horsfall Bill, esq. of Horthes Hall, co. York. At Stirling, Capt. C. Thorold Hill, 29th Regt. Madras Army, to Emma-Harriet, eldest dau. of G. E. Russell, esq. late of the Madras Civil Service. At St. Pancras New Church, Rich. James Barrow, esq. of Hawley-road, Kentish

Town, to Sarah, third and youngest dau. of the late Capt. Charles Keys, East India Co.'s Bombay Marine, and of Ramsgate.

28. At Dublin, William Charles Brown, esq. of Manchester, to Harriett-Anne, dau. of Thomas Cade Battley, esq. barrister.

29. At Budock, J. C. Fitzgerald, esq. Capt. R.N. to Mary, eldest dau of John Symonds, esq. of Stratton House, Falmouth.At St. Stephen's, Coleman-st. William Eden Waddington, son of James Waddington, esq. of London Wall, to Jane, dau. of the late William Melton, esq. -At Kennington, Mr. Ford Hale, jun. of St. John-street, second son of Ford Hale, esq. of Cannon-st. to Elizabeth, second dau. of Robt. Nesham, esq. of Spencer House, North Brixton.-At Chigwell, Essex, Charles, eldest son of the late Charles Podmore, esq. of Forest House, to Martha, eldest dau. of James Weddell Bridger, esq. of Belmont Chigwell. --At Salisbury, the Rev. Charles Newby Wawn, of North Ferriby, Yorksh, to Emily-Margaret, second dau. of the Rev. C. H. Hodgson, of the Close.--At Tunbridge Wells, William Crofts, esq. of the Inner Temple, eldest son of the late Rev. William Crofts, B.D. Vicar of North Grimstone, Yorksh. to Stephana-Springett, eldest dau. of the late Joseph Tapson, esq. of London-At All Souls', Marylebone, R. L. Baker, esq. of Bordesley, Aston, Warwicksh. to Emma-Matilda, dau. of James Large, esq. of Old Cavendish-st. Cavendish-sq.--William Williams, esq. banker, Newport, Monmouthsh. to Miss Collins, dau. of the late J. D. Collins, esq. of Duffryn.--At Upper Holloway, Chas. Bowman, esq. of Upper Woburn-pl. Tavistock-sq. to Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Lees, esq. of the Hanley-road, Hornsey.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. John Roberts, M.D. of Paris, to Anna, relict of Charles William Tallmadge, esqAt Walworth. Charles Wellbourne, esq. solicitor, Tooley-st. Southwark, to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of P. A. Spence, esq. of Walworth, Surrey At St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Henry Bingley Clark, esq. to Julia, eldest dau. of Thomas Staveley, esq-At Hornsey, Henry Daniel, son of Daniel Davies, esq. of Warwick-st. Regentst. to Mary, eldest dau. of the late Thomas Wilkinson, esq. of Crouch End, Hornsey.At Leighton, Beds, David Cowie, esq. of Calcutta, to Caroline, youngest dau. of the late Edward Thomas Deverell, esq. and niece of the late Edward Lawford. esq. of Leighton.

At Christ Church, Marylebone, Col. Peter Hawker, to Helen-Susan, widow of the late Capt. Symonds, R.N., and dau. of the late Major Chatterton.

Lately. At Bexley, Charles Edward Beauclerk, esq. to Penelope, dau. of the late Edward Hulkes, esq. At Manchester, the Rev. William Nassau Molesworth, Incumbent of Spotland, Lancashire, to Margaret, youngest dau. of George Murray, esq. of Ancoats Hall, Manchester.At Bath, John Andrew, second son of J. A. Edwards, esq. late of the Comptrollers of Army Accompts, to Julia, third dau of the late Francis Hill, esq. of Burton Hill, Wilts.

Sept. 2. At Peckham, Mr. Robert Fitzroy Holderness, to Ellen-Louisa, youngest dau. of the late Capt. Joseph Andrews, East India Co.'s Service.-At Rushall, John Henry Gale, esq. of fhe Manor-house, Ogbourn St. George, to Miss Thompson, only dau. of Mrs. Bartlett, of Rushall Cottage.- --At Leamington, the Rev. Francis de Soyres, Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge, to Andalusia, youngest dau. of John Fitzgerald, esq. of Port and-pl.-At Leamington, Capt. Meredith, R.N. to Marian D'Oyley, widow of James Eenlow Hog, esq. of Thornhill Park, South

amptonshire, and dau. of the late Shearman Bird, esq.

3. At Leamington, Capt. Woodfall, 47th Madras Nat. Inf. to Mary-Anne, only surviving dau. of the late Rev. William Henry Lynch, Rector of Clarendon, Jamaica.At Camberwell, John Jope Rogers, M.A. Oxford, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, to Maria, eldest dau. of William Hitchens, esq. of Camberwell Grove.-At Sidmouth, Capt. Massingberd, R.N., to Julia, eldest dau. of M. Gutteres, esq. of Belmont.-At St. Marylebone, James Arthur Morgan, esq. second son of the late John Morgan, esq. of Highbury, and grandson of the late John Nichols, esq. F.S.A., to Mary, second dau. of Joseph Anderson, esq. of the Holme, Regent's Park.-At St. Mary's, Southwark, Howard Jackson, esq. to Catharine-Hannah, widow of J. W. Medley, esq. and second dau. of the late Sir George Moat Keith, Bart. R. N.At Aylesford, Frederick William Etheredge, esq. to MaryNash, eldest dau. of Thomas Spong, esq. of Mill Hall. At Old Widcome, Thos. Anstey Mansford, esq. of Entry Hill, solictor, third son of John Griffith Mansford, esq. to AnneJefferys, eldest surviving dau. of A. Stark Symes, esq. Lieut. R.N.--At Boldon, the Rev. Thomas Dalton, son of Richard Dalton, esq. of Candover, Hants, to Harriet, dau. of the Rev. John Collinson, Rector of Boldon, Durham. At Abbot's Langley, Herts, Murray Johnson, esq. of Highgate, to Elizabeth, dau. of the late Capt. Milbourne Jackson, R.N. of Hill Side, Abbot's Langley.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Russell Riccard, esq. of the Nunnery, Southmolton, to Marian, only dau of the late R. Hamer, esq. of Kennington. -At Hardenhuish, Alexander B. Rooke, esq. late 77th Regt. son of Capt. F. W. Rooke, R.N. of Lackham House, to Ellen, dau. of Thomas Clutterbuck, esq. of Hardenhuish House, Wilts-At St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, the Rev. J. Frederick Fagge, youngest son of the late Rev. Sir John Fagge, Bart, of Mystole Park, Kent, to Rose-Emily-Ward, 4th dau. of the late George Baker, esq. of Beverley, St. Stephen's, and grand-dau. of the late Very Rev. Gerard Andrewes, D.D. Dean of Canterbury. -The Rev. George Edmundson, Vicar of Saintfield, to Eliza, eldest dau. of the late N. S. Machin, esq. of Gloucester-pl. Camden Town.

4. At Melcombe Regis, the Rev. John Sabine, of Thorn Coffin, Somerset, eldest son of the late Richard Sabine, esq. of Mucklefordhouse, Dorset, to Mary-Anne-Hart, eldest dau. of the late William Talbot, esq. of Broad Mayne, Dorset.-At Hurst, Sussex, the Rev. Frederick Vincent, Rector of Slinfold, Horsham, to Maria-Copley, youngest dau. of the late Robert Herries Young, esq.--At Kessingland, Capt. W. H. Henderson, C.B. son of the late Alexander Henderson, esq. of Stempster, Caithness-sh. N.B. to Elizabeth-Martha, relict of Capt. Lord James Townsend, R.N., of Yarrow, Norfolk.--At Handsworth, Staffordsh. George Hay Donaldson, esq. of Harewood-sq. to Emma-De-Blois, youngest dau. of James Russell, esq. of Endwood Court.-At Cambridge, the Rev. Robert Phelps, D. D. Master of Sidney Sussex Coll. to Mary-Loraine, youngest dau. of Julian Shrive, esq. of Lensfield, Cambridge.

5. At Askham Richard, Yorksh. the Rev. Peter Jackson, of Sandal Magna, to Jane, dau. of the late Thomas Russell, esq.At Brixton, Lewis William Moncrief, esq. to Sarah, dau. of the late Joseph Lachlan, esq. of Great Alie-st,At Llandegai, Carnarvonsh., Osmond Arthur Wyatt, esq. of Troy House, Monmouthsh. to Louisa-Aune, second dau. of J. Wyatt, esq. of Lime Grove, near Bangor.

-At Bradpole, Dorset, Henry Augustus, second son of James Temple, esq. of Bradpole, to Harriot, fifth dau. of Thomas Collins Hounsell, esq. of Wykes Court, Dorset.-At Beverley, Richard Champney, esq. solicitor, to Rachel-Anne, dau. of Pennock Tigar, esq. of Grove House, near Beverley.-At Paddington, the Rev. Towneley Ward Dowding, Clerk, of Downton, Wilts, to ElizabethEamonson, only dau. of the late William Eamonson, esq. of Beal, Yorksh.-At Brixton, Mr. Thomas Nesham, of Harper-st. only son of Robert Neasham, esq. of North Brixton, to Jane, youngest dau. of the late John Van Voorst, esq. merchant.-At Hampton, the Rev. J. Welstead S. Powell, A. M. Incumbent of Norbiton, Surrey, and Chaplain to the Viscount Massarene, to Georgina, youngest dau. of the late Wentworth Bayly, esq. of Weston Hall, Suffolk.- --At Cheltenham, the Rev. Thomas Parnell, Vicar of Staverton and Boddington, and only son of J. R. Purnhill, esq. of Kingshill, Gloucestersh. to Anne, only dau. of the late Major Johnson Wilkinson, Madras Art.-At Llanaber, Merionethsh. George Blaxland, esq. of Bromley, Kent, to Rebecca, eldest dau. of William Jones, esq. of Glandwr, Merionethshire, and Crosby-square. -At Teignmouth, Comm. Dennis, Royal Navy, to Charlotte, eldest dau, of Capt. Parson, R. N. At St.

Pancras, Josiah Dimmock, esq. of Stokeupon-Trent, to Helen-Mackenzie, youngest dau. of George Stephen, of Camden Town.

At St. Marylebone, Joseph Wilson, esq. of Clifford House, near Sheffield, to Jane-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late Thomas Griffith, esq. of Bedford-row.At St. Pancras New Church, Henry, son of George Wells Harrison, esq. of Sandwich, Kent, to Betsy, eldest dau. of the late Israel Thomas, esq. of Clapham Rise, Surrey.

7. At Exmouth, John Redman Ord, esq. eldest son of the late Rev. Craven Ord, M.A., of Greenstead Hall, Essex, Vicar of St. Mary's, and Preb. of Lincoln Cathedral, to ChristineAurora, youngest dau. of the late William Kirkpatrick, esq and grand-dau. of the late Col. Kirkpatrick, Resident of Hyderabad.At Windrush, John Clibborn, esq. of Lypanisky, King's County, Ireland, to Eliza, relict of Arundel Roberts, esq. and eldest dau. of Lovell Todd, esq. of Westfield House, near Bath. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Lord William Hervey, second son of the Marquess of Bristol, and Secretary of Embassy at Paris, to Cecilia-Mary, youngest dau. of the late Vice-Adm. Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, G.C.B., K.M.T., &c. The marriage was also performed according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church.-At St. George's, Hanoversq. John Thomas Jessop, esq. of Mount Jessop, Longford, Ireland, to Maria-Lucy, eldest dau. of Alexander Copland, esq. of Gloucester-pl. Portman-square.

9. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Lord Beaumont, of Carlton Hall, Yorkshire, to the Hon. Isabell-Anne, eldest dau. of Lord Kilmaine. The marriage was also performed according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church.

10. At Strathfieldsaye, the Rev. J. Warren Hayes, Rector of Aberfield, son of the late Sir T. M. Hayes, Bart. to Ellen, second dau. of G. E. Beauchamp, esq. of the Priory, Berks.

-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Norman, eldest son of Norman Uniacke, esq. Mount Uniacke, co. Cork, to Mary-Elizabeth, dau. of the late Col. Drinkwater Bethune, of Balfour, co. Fife.

11. At Cheltenham, the Rev. James Norris, D.D. President of Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, to Caroline Mary, youngest dau. of the late

Rev. J. J. Hume, Rector of West Kington, Wilts. At Devizes, Wilts, John Lawrence, esq. of St. Ives, Huntingdon, to Anne, only dau. of the Rev. Robert Lavender Manning, and grand-dau. of the late Matthew Rugeley, esq. of Potton, Beds.

12. At Lacock, Thomas Abdy Fellowes, esq. of Langley-lodge, son of Sir Thomas Fellowes, R.N. Knt. C. B., &c. to Eliza-Sophia, dau. of Capt. F. W. Rooke, R.N. of Lackham House, Wilts. At St. Mary's, Bathwick, George Stuckey Lean, esq. third son of James Lean, esq. of Clifton, to Caroline-Mary-Anne, second dau. of the late Charles Harris, esq. Madras Civil Serv., Senior Member of Council at Fort Saint George, and of Bath.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Viscount Grimston, M. P. for Herts, eldest son of the Earl of Verulam, to Elizabeth, dau. of Major Weyland, of Woodeaton, Oxfordshire.At Brixton, the Rev. Thomas George Postlewaite, B. A., of Petersfield, Hampshire, to Julia, youngest child of the late T. Sharp, esq.-At St Pancras, Henry Mills, esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, to Harriet, eldest dau. of John Blanshard, esq. deceased, formerly of the Hon. East India Company's Service.

14. At Trinity Church, Southwark, William Henry Harris, grandson of the late Alderman Harris, of Bristol, to Harriet-Louisa, youngest dau. of the late W. Tucker, esq. of the Customs. At Plymouth, the Rev. H. S. Hulme, of Cheadle, Staffordshire, to Mary-Martyn, youngest dau. of the late Samuel Symons, esq. of Terise, East Newlyn, Cornwall.--At Bruton, Somerset, Edward Mitchell, esq. to Fanny, relict of the late Rev. S. H. Cassan, and third dau. of the late Rev. Wm. Ireland, of Frome, Somerset.

16. At Jersey, Lieut. James W. Gossett, R.E., son of Isaac Gossett, esq. of Jersey, to Maria-Asia-Hull, dau. of Lieut. J. K. Woodriff, R. N. of Preston, near Weymouth, and grand-dau. of Commissioner Woodriff, R.N. C.B. late of Greenwich Hospital.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Martin Guise, second son of Wm. R. Jolley, esq. of Torquay, to Lady Henrietta, widow of Sir J. Sykes, Bart. and dau. of Sir E. H. Smyth, Bart. M.P. for Colchester.

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17. At Clifton, Capt. William Ashmead Tate, late East India Co.'s Bombay Eng., to Miss Isabella Prideaux, of Clevedon.Plymouth, Thomas Rundle, esq. of Montpelier House, Weston Peverell, to Mary, youngest dau. of the late John Sole, esq. of Torr.At Kingsteignton, Wm. Marshall, esq. of Plymouth, to Harriet, youngest dau. of the late Samuel Whiteway, esq. of Oakford House.At Wotton, second son of Wotton Isaacson, esq. of Mildenhall, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Ward, esq. of Huntingdon.-At Kennington, John Augustus Cory, esq. of Durham, youngest son of the late Robert Cory, esq. of Great Yarmouth, to Emily-Anne, fourth dau. of Joseph Holl, esq. of South Lambeth.--At Alverstoke, Capt. Larcom, R.N. to Westmoreland-Jane, dau. of ViceAdm. M'Kinley.-At Loughborough, the Rev. T. Bowles, D.D. Rector of Woodstock, and domestic chaplain to the late Duke of Sussex, to Ellen-Mary, youngest dau. of the late Sir William Walker, Leicestershire.At Liverpool, Roger Dawson, esq. Tyddynroe, near St. Asaph, to Barbara-Yelverton, eldest dau. of the Hon. and Rev. Frederic Powys, and cousin of Lord Lilford.

18. At Penzance, the Rev. Edward Cooper, of Zeal Monachorum, to Annie, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Robyns, Vicar of Marystowe and Thrusseltone.

OBITUARY.

THE DUKE OF GRAFTON. Sept. 28. At his seat, Euston Hall, Suffolk, in his 85th year, the Most Noble George Henry Fitzroy, fourth Duke of Grafton, co. Northampton, Earl of Ar. lington and Euston, Viscount Thetford and Ipswich, Baron Arlington, of Arlington, Middlesex, and Baron Sudbury, co. Suffolk, Hereditary Ranger of Whittlebury Forest, Receiver-General of the profits of the Seals in the Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, the King's Game Keeper at Newmarket, a Trustee of the Hunterian Museum, President of the Eclectic Society of London, &c. &c.

His Grace was born on the 14th of Jan. 1760, whilst George II. was still the reigning sovereign; and he had, therefore, lived to be the subject of five successive monarchs. His father was Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and that circumstance led to the son becoming first a member of Trinity college, and afterwards one of the representatives of the University in Parliament. Lord John Townshend and Mr. Mansfield, afterwards Chief Justice, had represented the University for many years; but Mr. Fox's memorable India Bill proved fatal to their interests at Cambridge, for several of their constituents greatly disapproved of the measure. At this juncture, in 1784, Mr. Pitt (who had previously, but unsuccessfully, contested the University, in 1780,) and Lord Euston offered themselves to the learned body, of which the former had been a most distinguished member, and the latter, if he had no other claim to their support, at least possessed the recommendation of being the heir apparent of their Chancellor. Against such opponents the Mansfield and Townshend interest could not bear up, and the result of the contest was as follows:

Right Hon. William Pitt
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Lord John Townshend.
James Mansfield, esq. .

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It is therefore sixty years since the deceased Duke took his seat, in this memorable manner, for the first time as a member of the House of Commons. On the 16th Nov. in the same year (being then in the 25th year of his age), he married the Lady Maria Charlotte Waldegrave. Her ladyship was the second daughter of James second Earl of Waldegrave, whose widow (mother of the Countess of Euston) married the Duke of Gloucester, an event which is considered to have had much in

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but from that time till 1807, being a period of seventeen years, he remained in undisturbed possession of that much envied distinction with Mr. Pitt for his colleague. When the death of that great man caused a vacancy, Lord Henry Petty (now the Marquess of Lansdowne), Lord Althorp (Earl Spencer), and Lord Palmerston, became candidates. Of these three the first named was returned by a large majority. At the general election in 1807, Lord Euston again found himself under the necessity of encountering a formidable opposition, presented by Lord Palmerston and Lord Henry Petty. On that occasion the numbers were:

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Thus, during seven-and-twenty years, he sat for Cambridge, nor did his parliamentary connexion with that University cease until he succeeded to the peerage, on the death of his father, the third Duke, which event took place on the 14th of March, 1811.

It must not, however, be taken for granted, that during the whole of this time he gave himself up to the support of his colleague Mr. Pitt. On the contrary, in proportion as the conduct of the war against revolutionary France became more difficult, and the embarrassments of his quondam friend thickened around his head, Lord Euston appeared the more disposed to withdraw from him, and cross the floor of the House of Commons, in order to establish for himself a connexion with the political adversaries of the Minister. Long before the death of Mr. Pitt Lord Euston became a Whig: it is, however, only fair to state that, in addition to whatever other considerations might have influenced him, the weight of his father's authority could not have been altogether without its effect. That noble Duke had retired from public life for some years; but towards the close of his days he adopted the resolution of again attending the House of Lords, and throwing himself into the ranks of Oppo

sition-a course in which the son thought it becoming to co-operate.

When the noble Duke just deceased was transferred to the Upper House, he pur. sued, as might be expected, the same line of party politics which for some years previous had governed his conduct in the House of Commons; but, though he had quitted the Tory ranks, he did not carry on hostilities against his former associates with the earnestness which usually characterises one who has changed his creed. On the 1st of Feb. 1808, he became a widower, and so continued to the end of his days. Lady Euston, therefore, never lived to be Duchess of Grafton, but her ladyship lived long enough to be the mother of eleven children, of whom six survive.

His Grace was formerly Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Suffolk, but was obliged to resign that appointment on account of his increasing infirmities some time since, and was succeeded by the Earl of Stradbroke. He was also, previously to the Municipal Reform Act, Recorder of Thetford. His Grace was elected a Knight of the Garter in 1834.

The remains of the late Duke were interred, on October 15, at Euston, Suffolk, the place of sepulture of all his ducal ancestors. The late Countess of Euston was interred at Grafton, Northamptonshire.

The children of the Duke of Grafton by the lady already mentioned were as follow. By a singular fatality the five youngest are all dead, whilst the six eldest survive. 1. Lady Maria-Anne, married in 1810 to Sir William Oglander, Bart.; 2. Lady Georgiana Laura Fitzroy, unmarried; 3. Lady Elizabeth-Anne, married in 1814 (as his second wife) to her cousin John Henry Smyth, esq. eldest son of the late Right Hon. John Smyth, by the Lady Georgiana Fitzroy, and was left his widow in 1822; 4. Henry now Duke of Grafton; 5. Lord Charles Fitzroy, a Privy Councillor, and M.P. for Bury; he married in 1825 Lady Anne Cavendish, eldest daughter of the first Earl of Burlington, and has issue; 6. Lady IsabellaFrances, married in 1824 to Joseph St. John, esq.; 7. Lord William, who died in 1804, aged ten; 8. Lord Hugh. George, who died in 1797, in his 2d year; 9. Lord Richard-James, who died an infant in 1798; 10. Lord Richard- William, who died in 1801, in his 2d year; and 12. Lord James-Henry, who died in 1834, aged 30. The present Duke was formerly M.P. for Ipswich and for Thetford. He married in 1812 Mary- Caroline, third daughter of the late Admiral the Hon. Sir

George Cranfield Berkeley, and has issue William-Henry Earl of Euston, two other sons, and two daughters.

THE MARQUESS OF DONEGall. Oct. 5. At Ormean, co. Antrim, aged 75, the Most Hon. George Augustus Chichester, second Marquess of Donegall and Earl of Belfast (1791), sixth Earl of Donegall (1647), seventh Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus, co. Antrim, and Baron of Belfast (1625), all peerages of the kingdom of Ireland; and second Baron Fisherwick, co. Stafford (1790); K. P.; a Privy Councillor of Ireland, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Donegal, and President of the Belfast Academical Institution.

His Lordship was born Aug. 13, 1769, the elder son of Arthur fifth Earl and first Marquess of Donegall, by his first wife Lady Anne Hamilton, eldest daughter of James fifth Duke of Hamilton. He succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father Jan. 5, 1799. He was nominated a Knight of St. Patrick in 1821.

He married Aug. 8, 1795, Anna, the reputed daughter of Sir Edward May, of Mayfield, co. Waterford, Bart. and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue seven sons: 1. the Right Hon. GeorgeHamilton now Marquess of Donegall; 2. the Very Rev. Lord Edward Chichester, Dean of Raphoe, who married in 1821 Amelia-Spread-Deane, daughter of Henry Deane O'Grady, esq. of Stillorgan, co. Dublin, and Lodge, co. Limerick, and has issue; 3. Lord SpencerAugustus, who died in 1825, in his 20th year; 4. Lord Arthur, who died in 1840, in his 32nd year, unmarried; 5. Lord Hamilton Francis Chichester, who married in 1837 Honoria-Anastasia, daughter of the late Henry James Blake, esq. and sister to Lord Wallscourt; 7. Lord John Chichester, a Lieutenant in the 87th Foot; and 8. Lord Stephen Algernon Chichester, born in 1814.

The present Marquess (who has borne the courtesy title of Earl of Belfast) is Lord Lieutenant of the co. of Antrim. He was formerly M.P. for that county, but was raised to the House of Lords in 1841 by the title of Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus. He was born in 1797, and married in 1822 Lady Harriet-Anne Butler, eldest daughter of Richard first Earl of Glengall, by whom he has issue Frederick-Richard Earl of Belfast, and one daughter.

The remains of the late Marquess were interred in the family vault in Carrickfergus church.

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