BIRTHS. March 28. At Stamford Villas, Fulham, the wife of Altin Martin, esq. of Silton, Dorset, a dau. May 20. At Julians, Herts, the wife of Adol- Lately. At Worlingham-hall, Viscountess pl. Lady Emma Vesey, a son.- At Cheltenham, Lady Blount, a son.-At Lake-house, the wife of George Lynch, esq. a son. June 1. In Grosvenor-street, the Lady Mary Farquhar, a dau. In Grosvenor-place, the At wife of W. G. Craig, esq. M P. a dau 2. Needwood House, Staffordsh. the wife of Lorenzo R. Hall, esq. a son.-3. At High Park, near Bideford, the wife of Richard Shute, esq. a dau.-4. At Petersham-lodge, Surrey, the wife of Andrew Buchanan, esq. her Majesty's Secretary of Legation at the Court of Russia, a son. 5. At Limpsfield rectory, Surrey, Mrs Walpole, a son.-6. At Gothic Villa, St. John's Wood, the wife of the Rev. Edward Thompson, M.A. Minister of Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico, a dau.-6. At Chatham, the wife of Brigade-Major J. D. O'Brien, a dau.7. At Bishop's Court, county Kildare, the Countess of Clonmell, a dau.-At Rogate Lodge, Hon. Mrs. Charles Wyndham, a son. -8. At Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, Mrs. John Gough Nichols, a dau.-9. At Corpus Christi Lodge, Cambridge, the wife of the Very Rev. the Dean of Bristol, a dau. In Upper Harley-st. the wife of Edmund At Easton Court, Pepys, esq. a dau.-12. Herefordsh. the wife of Joseph Bailey, esq. M.P. a son.-15. In Bryanston-sq. the Hon. Mrs. Parnell, a son.-18. At Sydenham, Mrs. John Rivington, a dau. MARRIAGES. March 27. At Derby, the Rev. John Farrand, B.A. Rector of Cumberworth, Oxford, to Mary, eldest dau. of William Morley, esq. of Derby. April 2. At Kensington, Capt. John Francis Grant, late of 1st. W. I. Reg. to Antoinette, widow of E. C Taylor, esq. of Broom Hall Manor, Sunning-hill. 8. At Skipton, the Rev. John Holdsworth, B.A. Second Master of the Skipton Grammar School, to Elizabeth-Hirst, daughter of Mr. Richard Shacklock, of Embsay. 9. The Rev. W. H. Newbolt, Rector of Paulerspury, co. Northamp. to Emily, youngest dau. of the Rev. J. Seagrave, Vicar of Aldbourne, Wilts. 10. At Dublin, William Wilson Carus Wil son, esq. jun. of Casterton Hall, Westmoreland, to Mary-Letablere, dau. of Edward Litton, esq. Master in Chancery, and late M.P. for Coleraine.--At Childwall, Lanc. J. W. Nicholl-Carne (late Nicholl) D.C.L. Barrister-atLaw, of Dinlands House, Glam. to Mary-Jane, only dau. of P. W. Brancker, esq. of Field House, Wavertree.- -At Hatfield, Herts, the Rev. R. Davies, of Corpus Christi coll. Camb. to Cecilia Grantham, second dau. of the Rev. J. F. Faithfull, Rector of Hatfield.At Rochdale, the Rev. R. Keningale Cook, M.A. incumbent of St. John's church, Small Bridge, to Ellen, eldest dau. of Mr. Jonathan Neid, of Rochdale. At Warblington, Hants, the Rev. Charles Brune Henville, Fellow of Winchester, and Rector of Hamble le Rice and Bursledon, to M. Lind McArthur, dau. of Thomas Meik, M.D. physician to the garrison of Portsmouth, and widow of John McArthur, of Hayfield Hall, Hampshire. 11. In Bermondsey, the Rev. Thomas C. Dixon, A.M. of Brightwell, Berks, to MaryAnne, dau. of James Harkness. es.At Caversham, J. Harrinson, esq. surgeon, Reading, youngest son of the late Rev. William Harrinson, Bardsey, near Leeds, to Ellen, youngest daughter of Mr. John May, Caversham.-At North Cadbury, Som. the Rev. Robert Blackburne, Fellow of Brasenose college, eldest son of the late Robert Blackburne, esq. of Madeira, to Eliza-Frances, younger dau. of the late C. C. Clutterbuck, esq. 13. At Great Badminton, the Rev. E. J. Everard, B.A Rector of Didmarton, Glouc. to Marie-Madeleine-Cecile, eldest dau. of the late Rodolph L de Rusilion, of Yverdun, in the Pays de Vaud. May 7. At St. Pancras Church, Middlesex, Mr. Samuel Wing, of Bedford, to ElizabethCox, eldest dau. of Mr. Richard Francis, of the same place. At 8. At Radford Semele, Mark Jocelyn Lay, esq. second son of J. G. Lay, esq. of Great Sey, Essex, to Lucy, dau. of John Greaves, esq. of Radford Semele.- -At Great Yarmouth, Thos. Mallett Wythe, esq. of Biney Lodge, Norfolk, only son of Thomas Wythe, esq. of Middleton, in the same county, to Rosabelle-Mary, only dau. of the late E. Tompson, esq.Halifax, Robert-John, eldest son of Robert Bentley, esq. of Rotherham. to Sarah, second dau. of the late Thos. Hirst, esq. of Low House, Bradford.--At Brighton, Walter Morton, esq. of Brighton, and Higginstown, co. Westmeath, to Maria, dau. of John Jones, esq. Grand-parade, Brighton.- At Jersey, Thomas Reed, esq. East India Civil Service, to Dorothy-Dann, youngest dau. of the late T. L. O. Davies, esq. of Alresford.--At Frankforton-the-Maine, Arthur Farre, M.D., of Curzonst. to Jessie-Bethune, eldest dau. of Lieut.Col. Macdonald, C. B., K. St. A.-At St. Pancras, Raymond D'Arcy Newton, esq. of Kensington and Warwick-sq. second son of the late Thomas Newton, esq. of Clapham-common, to Henrietta, second dau. of Samson Goldsmid, esq. of Mecklenburgh-sq. 9. At Paddington, Capt. Sir Spencer Vassall, R.N., K.H., to Letitia, only dau. of the late E. B. Napier, esq. of Pennard House, Somerset, and widow of the Rev. C. H. Pulsford, Canon Residentiary of Wells.-At St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, the Rev. J. G. A. Baker to E. G. Andrewes. -At the Catholic Church, Chelsea, Sir Pyers Mostyn, Bart. of Talacre, to the Hon. Frances Georgiana Fraser, second dau. of Lord Lovat.-At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. Charles Davidson, esq. Barrister-at-Law, and Fellow of Christ's Coll. Camb. to Mary-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of J. H. Christie, esq. Barrister-at-Law.--At Bristol, John Collins, esq. of Boulton Moor, Pembrokesh., to Ann-Ames, only dau. of the late J. T. Dew, esq.-At All Saints, Norwood, Joseph Neville esq. of Croydon, to Eleanor, only child of John Rassell, esq of Norwood.At St. Pancras, John Parsons, esq. of Bridgewater, to Ellen, third dau. of the late James Remnant, esq. of Hampstead.- --At Richmond, Yorksh. J. Bailey Langhorne, esq. to Jennett, second dau. of the late Ottiwell Tomlin, esq.--At Rugby, the Rev. Robert Minnitt, Perp. Curate of Heywood, Lanc. to Helen-Mary, youngest dau of the late Michael Smith, esq. of Rugby. —— At Walcot Church, Bath, William Purey Cust, esq. eldest son of the Hon. William Cust, to Emma-Matilda, only child of the late W. Chaplin, esq. formerly Commissioner of the Deccan. -At St. Marylebone, John Nodes Dickinson, esq. one of Her Majesty's Judges of the Supreme Court at Sydney, to Helen, youngest dau, of the late Capt. Jauncey, R. N. of Dartmouth. At Charlton, near Cheltenham, J. Grenfell Moyle, esq. 10th regt. Bombay army, eldest son of J. G. Moyle, esq. late President of the Medical Board, Bombay, to Bessie, eldest dau. of Frederick Ross, esq. 10. At Naples, Joseph Delafield, esq. eldest son of the late Joseph Delafield, esq. of Bryanston-sq. to Eloisa, dau. of the Cavaliere Bevere, of Naples. 11. At St. Marylebone, Benjamin Terry Hodge, esq. of Sidmouth, to Rosalind-Kananga, only dau. of the late John Hare, esq. of Bedford-sq. London. At St. George's, Han. sq. Lieut-Col. Fraser, R. Art. to Catherine eldest dau. of the late Robert Hamilton, esq. of Fenton, Staffordshire.--At Banbury, Edw. Cobb, esq. of Calthorpe House, to Octavia, dau. of the Rev. H. H. Piper, of that place. 12 At Manchester, John Freeman, esq. of Pentonville, to Louisa, youngest dau, of Benja. min Niphim, esq. of Primrose-st. in the formier place. 13. At Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, Thomas Horlock Bastard, esq. eldest son of T. H. Bastard, esq. of Charlton Marshall, Dorset, to Margaret, widow of Capt. James Keith Forbes, E. I. Co.'s Civil Service.-At Hadzor, the Rev. B. Davis, of St. George's Church, Worcester, to Julia, third dau of the late Rev. R. H. Amphlett, and Rector of Hadzor. 14. At Long Melford, Suffolk, the Rev. Geo. Coldham, M. A. Rector of Glemsford, and youngest son of the late James Coldham, esq. of Anmer Hall, Norfolk, to Henrietta, eldest dau. of the Rev. H. B. Faulkner, M.A. Westgate House, Long Melford.--At St. Margaret's, Westminster, John-Patten, second son of J. H. Good, esq. of Kensington Palacegreen, to Henrietta-Elizabeth, only dau. of the late William Griffith Williams, esq. of Cefn Cwm Mwd, Anglesea. At Wandsworth, Wm. B. Twining, esq. of the Strand, youngest son of George Twining, esq. of East Sheen, to Margaretta, youngest dau. of Benjamin Bovill, esq. of Milford-lane, Strand.-At Southampton, John-Edmund, eldest son of J. Mortlock Lacou, esq. of Great Yarmouth, to Louisa-Matilda, dau. of the late Edw. Shewell, esq.At Plymstock, Devon, Nicholas Were, esq, solicitor, of Plymouth, to Sophia, second dau. of Christopher Harris, esq. of Thorncott, Devon -Henry Grace Wilson Sperling, esq. only son of the late Rev. H. G. Sperling, Rector of Papworth St Agnes, Hunts, to Anna-Margaretta, eldest dau. of the Rev. C. D. Brereton, Rector of Little Massingham, Norfolk.-At St. James's. Westminster, William Pocock, esq. of Charterhouse-sq. to Ann, second dau. of Nathaniel Hill, esq. of Regent-st. 15. At St. Mary's, Lambeth, the Rev. J. E. Cox, M A. of All Souls' College, Oxford, to Emily-Clara, youngest dau. of the late John Pittman, esq. of Warwick-sq. and South Lam beth.-At the Holy Trinity Church, J. Watson, esq. of Scalby, near Scarborough, to MaryAnn-Letitia, eldest dau. of the late T. Knaggs, esq. of Scarborough.-At Barking, Suffolk, John Butterworth Walker, esq. of Iver, Bucks, to Eleanor, only child of the late Robert Robinson, esq. of Westminster.At Ramsgate, James Webster, esq. of Ramsgate, to EmmaCurtis, youngest dau. of the late G. T. Hardy, esq. of St. Lawrence, Thanet.-At Mangotsfield, the Rev. Charles J. Maddison, son of the Rev. John Maddison, and grandson of the late Charles Maddison, esq. of Belmont, Bath, to Julia-Noel, younger dau. of the late Rev. Benjamin Cracknell, D D.-At Paris, John Manley, esq. M.D. to Ellen, eldest dau. of the late Solomon Sawrey, esq. of Bloomsbury-sq. 16. At Knowle, Warw. James Roberts West, esq. of Alscot Park, to Elizabeth, third dau of J. M. Boultbee, esq. of Springfield House, near Knowle.--At Curry Rivel, Som. Henry Burford Norman, esq. of Duchess-st. Portland-pl. to Harriet-Jane, fifth dau. of the Rev. Samuel Alford, Heale House.-- At East Tisted, Hants, John, eldest son of Thomas Webber, esq. of Escot Cottage, Ottery St. Mary, to Martha, only dau. of George Dyer, esq.--At Abingdon, John-Henry-Westcar, youngest son of the late Jonathan Peel, esq. of Culham, to Catherine, eldest dau. of J. T. Hester, esq. At Glastonbury, Somerset, the Rev. Walter Allautt, M.A. of St. Catharine's Hall, Camb. to Anna, dau. of the late John Bull Emery, esq. of Glastonbury.At Aberford, Yorkshire, T. D. F. Tatham, esq. only son of T. J. Tatham, esq. of Bedford-pl. Russell-sq. and Three Ash, Althorne, Essex, to Barbara, dau. of the Rev. James Landen, Vicar of Aberford, Yorkshire, and Aymestry, Hereford. At St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, the Rev. Josh. Watkins Barnes, MA. Fellow of Trin. coll. Camb. and Vicar of Kendal, to Emma-Lucretia, dau. of Charles Lestourgeon, esq. late of Cambridge. At Docklow, Weston Cracroft, esq. formerly of the Royal Dragoons, eldest son of Robert Cracroft, esq. of Hackthorn and Harrington, Lincolnshire, to Williama-Emma, youngest dau. of W. G. Cherry, esq of Buckland, Herefordshire.- At Baldock, George De Vins Wade, esq. of Baldock, Herts, to Ann, eldest dau. of George Henry Hicks, esq. M.D.- At All Souls', John Gregory Forbes, esq. of Oxford terr. Hyde-park, only surviving son of the late Capt. James Keith Forbes, Hon. E. I. Co's Service, to Harriet-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Mac Intyre, esq. M.D. of Harey-st. 18. At Camberwell, Richard Incledon, esq. eldest son of the late Capt. Incledon, R.N. to Maria, dau. of the late Charles Heathcote Tatham, esq. architect.-At Croydon, Robert Russell, esq. of Croydon, to Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Russell, esq. of Croydon. At Paris, Mr. W. Parker, to Marian, youngest dau. of the late Henry Gray, esq. of Dean's Court, Doctors' Commons, and Stanhope-pl. Hyde Park. 20. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Viscount Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto, to Emina Eleanor-Elizabeth, only dau. of the late Gen. Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart. G.C.B. 21. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. Henry Cockerell, Vicar of NorthWeald Bassett, to Elizabeth-Fanny, eldest dau. of the late W. Hesse Gordon, esq.-At St. Marylebone, William John Whyte, of Vernon-pl. Bloomsbury-sq. to Abigail, fourth dau. of the late Judah Cohen, esq. of Park-cresc. Portland-pl. -At Banstead, Surrey, Edward Burnaby Tinling, esq. Capt. R.N. (to Mary-Ann, dau. of the late Francis Brace, esq. and niece of the late Vice-Adm. Sir Edward Brace, K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. At St. Marylebone, the Rev. W. Headley, B.A. of Corpus Christi coll. Cambridge, to Lucy, fourth dau. of the late A. W. Morris, esq.At St. Pancras, Thomas Innis, esq. of Fitzroysq. youngest son of Charles Innis, esq. of Euston-sq. to Caroline, third dau. of the late William Horne, esq. of Streatham.At Barton Seagrave, Northamptonsh. William Smyth, esq. of Little Houghton, to Lucy-Charlotte, second dau. of the Hon. and Rev. R. B. Stopford, Rector of Barton Seagrave.-At Ridlington, the Rev. John Gay Girdlestone, Rector of Kelling-with-Salthouse, to Mary Reid, second dau. of the Rev. William Rees, late Head Master of Sir William Paston's Free Grammar School at North Walsham, and Vicar of Horsey, Norfolk.-At Banstead, Richard Ward, esq. of Salhouse Hall, Norfolk, to Elizabeth, third dau. of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edward J. Foote, K.C.B.-At Southmolton, James Pearce, esq. to Jane, eldest dau. of Nicholas Gould, esq.--At Pershore, Worcestersh. Capt. Henry Stroud, R.N. to MaryAnn, dau. of the late Edward Cruse, esq. 22. At Milbrook, Southampton, Henry Bernard, esq. of Wells. Somerset, to Mary, eldest dau. of D. F. Haynes, esq. of Ashtead, Surrey. At Leeds, Charles, second son of the Rev. Dr. Reed, of London, to Margaret youngest dau. of Edward Baines, esq. of Leeds.At Brunswick, Germany, David Watson, esq. of John-st. Berkeley-sq. to Victoire-Martha, dau. of the late Henry William Henry Cole, esq. of Brunswick. 23. At St. George's Bloomsbury, Abraham Cann, esq. of Nottingham, to Isaline, dau. of T. S. Needham, esq. of Torrington-sq.--At Margate, the Baron Elphege Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt de Gaesbeke, of Bruges, to EllenClaiborne, eldest dau. of Thomas Higham, esq. of Charleston, South Carolina, and of Margate, Kent. At Tamworth, Robert Hanbury, esq. of Bolehall, Warwickshire, to Mary-Ann, youngest dau. of T. B. Bamford, esq. of Wilmecote Hall, same co.At Norbury, the Rev. W. H. C. Lloyd, of Norbury, son of Bell Lloyd, esq. to Ellen, dau. of the late Rev. Henry Norman, of Moreton.--At Clapham, W. B. Hudson, esq. of the Haymarket, to FannyCharlotte, youngest dau. of Thomas Hatchard, esq. of Clapham, and of Piccadilly.- -At Chiswick, Henry Parsons Churton, esq. third son of the Rev. John Churton, to Eliza, eldest dau. of William Churton, esq. of Sutton Court Lodge, Chiswick At St. Clement Danes, Thomas Keely, esq. of Woodthorpe, Nottinghamsh. to Elizabeth-Catherine Wyer, only dau. of George Phillips, esq.---At Kensington, Robert Banks Penny, esq. of Woolwich, to Elizabeth-Sarah, dau. of John C. Bennett, esq. of Notting Hill, Kensington.-At Bolas Magna, W. Hazledine Austin, esq. of the Manor House, Woore (grandson of the late W. Hazledine, esq. of Shrewsbury), to Jane, youngest dau. of the late William Hombersley, esq. of Priors Lee House, Salop.--At Winterton, John Ferraby, esq. of Owmby Mount, to Miss Abigail Everatt, of Winterton, eldest dau. of the late John Everatt, esq. of Saxby. 25. At Paris, Lieut. Hodgkinson, R.N. to Jane, second dau. of Charles Wright, esq. late of Blackheath. -At Southampton, George Wheeler, esq. to Julia, second dau. of the late Col. John Huskisson. 26. At Whittingham, Northumberland, Ann, relict of the late Joseph Hughes, esq. of Glanton, and only dau. of William Cowley Husbandman, esq. formerly of Middleton Hall, to Thomas Hudson Cobler, esq. of Whittingham. 27. At Alton Pancras, Clifford Gill, esq. of Weymouth, to Hannah-Emma, dau. of the late Simon Payne, esq. of Uphill House, Somerset. 28. At St. George's, Bloomsbury-sq. Charles Mercer, esq. of Ashford, Kent, to Anne-Martha, younger dau. of the late George Elwick Jemmett, esq. of Ashford.At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Thomas Haire, esq. M.D. of Lewes, to Mary-Ann, only child of the late William Franklin Hick, esq. of Lewes.--At Jersey, George Balston, esq. of Poole, Dorset, to Eleanor-Mary, dau. of the late Edmund Lockyer, esq. of Plymouth, M.D. 29. At Walton, near Liverpool, Hudson Lutwyche, esq. of Liverpool, to Charlotte-Anne, eldest dau. of Arthur Latham, esq. of Liverpool. --At Southampton, John, only son of John Lainson, esq. of Euston-sq. and late Alderman of London, to Catherine-Maria, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Alexander Nicoll, D.C.L. Professor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christchurch, Oxford. At St. Giles's, the Rev. O. P. Vincent, M.A. eldest son of J. P. Vincent, esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields, to Elizabeth-Hale, second dau. of the Rev. Henry Budd, Rector of White Roothing, Essex, and grand-dau. of the late Gen. John Hale, of the Plantation, near Guisborough, Yorkshire. 30. At Gulliford Chapel, Lympstone, J. H. B. Carslake, esq. of Bridgwater, solicitor, to Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Foster Barham, esq. of Penleonard House, near Exeter.--At Langport, the Rev. J. S. Coles, Rector of Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, eldest son of James Benjamin Coles, esq. of Parrock's Lodge, to Eliza, dau. of Vincent Stuckey, esq. of the Hill House, Langport.--At Isleworth, Thomas Todd Walton, esq. of Clifton, to MargaretAnne, dau. of Henry Farnell, esq. of Holland House, Isleworth.At St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. Arthur Charles Tarbutt, M.A., Fellow of Wadham coll. Oxford, to Georgiana, only dau. of the late David Lousada, esq. of Gower st. and niece of Emanuel Lousada, esq. of Peak House, Sidmouth.--At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. William Meybohm Rider Haggard, esq. of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, and of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, to Ella, eldest dau of Bazett Doveton, esq. of Gloucester-pl. Portman-sq. and late of the Bombay Civil Service. At Pillington, John Philip Mitford, esq. Capt. 18th Royal Irish, to Fanny, dau. of the late Charles Mitford, esq. of Pittshill.-In Grosvenor-st. Capt. Allix, Grenadier Guards, to Mary-Sophia, only child of the late C. H. Noel, esq. of Wellingore, Lincolnshire. -At Foxton Alverstoke, J. Bovill, esq. of Guernsey, to Stella, dau. of Samuel Bovill, esq. of Foxton Cottage, Gosport, Hants.At Ilfracombe, the Rev. Thomas Scott, A.M. only son of the late Thomas Scott, esq. of Rock House, Bath, to Louisa-Florence, eldest dau. of J. S. Down, esq. M.D.-At Marylebone, Edmund Elsden Goldsmid, esq. of Parkcresc. Regent's Park, and Paris, to SarahElizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Bryant Garey, esq. solicitor, of Southampton-buildings, and Powis-pl. Haverstock Hill." 31. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Charles James Fox Bunbury, esq. eldest son of Lieut.Gen. Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, of Barton Hall, Suffolk, bart. K.C.B. to Frances-Joanna, dau. of Leonard Horner, esq. of Bedford-pl. -In Paris, the Rev. Charles W. Leslie, incumbent of St. Leonard's and St. Mary Magdalen, Sussex, to Emily, widow of the late Arthur French, esq. of Leslie House, Ballibay. June 26. At St. George's, Hanover square, by the Rev. Leeds Comyns Booth, M.A. the Rev. William Comyns Berkeley, eldest son of W. Berkeley, esq. of Park Villas, Notting Hill, and late of Coopersale Hall, Essex, to Harriett-Elizabeth, third daughter of John Bowyer Nichols, esq. F.S.A. of the Chancellor's, Hammersmith. OBITUARY. THE EARL OF Bessborough. Feb. 3. At the seat of his youngest son Lord de Mauley, Canford House, Dorsetshire, aged 86, the Right Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, third Earl of Bessborough (1789), Viscount Duncannon (1723), and Baron of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny (1721), and Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, co. Leicester (1749), ViceAdmiral of Munster, and D. C.L.; uncle to Earl Fitz-William. His lordship was born Jan. 24, 1758, the only son (his sisters being Catharine Duchess of St. Alban's and Charlotte Countess Fitz William), of William the second Earl of Bessborough, by Lady Caroline Cavendish, eldest daughter of William third Duke of Devonshire. When Lord Duncannon, he was a member of Christ Church, Oxford, where he was created M. A. April 22, 1777, and D. C. L. April 30, 1779. After travelling abroad, he married, shortly after his return, in 1780, Lady HenriettaFrances Spencer, sister to the late Earl Spencer and to Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. At the general election, in the same year, be was returned to Parliament for Knaresborough, for which he sat in three Parliaments, until his succession to the peerage. On the 30th March 1782, on the formation of the Rockingham administration, he was appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, but retired when the Marquess of Rockingbam gave way to the Earl of Shelburne on the 13th of July following. Again, when the Duke of Portland became prime minister, on the 8th of April 1783, he was re-appointed to the board of Admiralty, but this ministry lasted little longer than the former, terminating in December of the same year. His lordship succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father, March 11, 1793. He was throughout life a consistent supporter of the Whig party. In 1808 we find it stated of him, that "he possesses a highly cultivated taste for the fine arts, of which he is a patron, and has himself sketched several subjects with the hand of a master." His Lordship married Nov. 27, 1780, Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, second daughter of John first Earl Spencer, and by that lady, who died Nov. 11, 1821, he had issue three sons and one daugh ter 1. the Right Hon. John-William now Earl of Bessborough; 2. MajorGeneral the Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, K.C.B. who died in 1837, leaving issue by Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst, second daughter of Henry third Earl Bathurst, three sons and three daughters; 3. Lady Caroline, married in 1805 to the Hon. William Lamb, now Viscount Melbourne, and died in 1828, leaving issue an only surviving son, since deceased; and 4. the Right Hon. William Francis Spencer Lord de Mauley, who was advanced to that title in 1838; he married in 1814 Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper, only child of Anthony fifth Earl of Shaftesbury, and has issue the Hon. Charles Frederick Ashley-Cooper Ponsonby, M.P. for Poole, the Right Hon. Frances Lady Kinnaird, and one younger son. The present Earl of Bessborough is well known in public life as Lord Duncannon. He was created a Peer by that title in 1834, and is Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Kilkenny. He married in 1805 Lady Maria Fane, third daughter of John tenth Earl of Westmoreland, and has issue John George Brabazon, now Viscount Duncannon, M.P. for Derby and Lord Lieutenant of the co. Carlow; the Right Hon. Augusta-Lavinia-Priscilla Countess of Kerry, and many other children. M. LAFFITTE. May 26. At Paris, in his 77th year, M. Jacques Laffitte, the eminent banker, Deputy for Rouen. M. Laffitte came to Paris in 1778, when the extent of his ambition was to find a situation in a banking-house, and to attain this object he called on M. Perre. gaux, the rich Swiss banker, to whom he had a letter of recommendation. This gentleman had just taken possession of the hotel of Mdlle. Gurmard, which had been put up to lottery by that lady. He was introduced into the boudoir of the danseuse, then become the cabinet of the fortunate banker, and, having modestly stated the object of his visit, was told that the establishment was full, and advised to seek elsewhere. With a disappointed heart the young aspirant left the office, and while with a downcast look he traversed the courtyard he stooped to pick up a pin which lay in his path, and which he carefully stuck in the lappel his coat. Little did he think that this trivial action was to decide his future fate, but so it was. From the window of his cabinet M. Perregaux had observed the action of the young man. The Swiss banker was one of those keen observers who estimate the value of circumstances apparently trifling, and in this simple action he saw the revelation of a character; it was a guarantee of a love of order and economy, a certain pledge of all the qualities which should be possessed by a good financier. In the evening of the same day, M. Laffitte received the following note from M. Perregaux:-"A place is made for you in my office, which you may take possession of to-morrow morning." The anticipations of the banker were not deceived. The young Laffitte possessed every desirable quality, and even more than was at first expected. From simple clerk, he soon rose to be cashier, then partner, then head of the first banking-house in Paris, and afterwards, in rapid succession, a deputy and president of the Council of Ministers, the highest point to which a citizen can aspire. He was the oldest member of the national representatives of France, and was undoubtedly the most popular of all the public men in France. In his political career he was always a sincere and consistent friend to liberty, and he stood firm to the principles of the revolution which raised the Orleans dynasty to the throne, after many of the most active partizans of that event had deserted the cause. It was by the influence of M. Laffitte alone that Louis Philippe was called to the throne so suddenly vacated by the elder branch of the Bourbons, but from the course of events since the three days of July, and the utter abandonment by the Government of the principles which were supposed to have been established by the revolution, he lived long enough seriously to repent of the part he took in calling the Orleans family to the throne, and even publicly to avow his disappointment, and solemnly to ask pardon of God and of men for the part he had taken in that event. It Before the revolution of 1830, the fortune of M. Laffitte was immense. was estimated at upwards of forty millions of francs. The disasters and failures which followed, and his involvements with the class of Paris shop-keepers, who were great sufferers by the revolution, reduced M. Laffitte so much, that he was obliged to a certain extent to suspend payments and to sell the whole of his large property. At that time so popular was he, that his splendid house in the Rue Laffitte (so called in honour of him) was purchased for him by a national subscription, which amounted to no less than 1,400,000 francs. Ultimately, on the winding up of his affairs, he was found to have saved about seven millions, and at the present day it is said to be about ten or twelve millions. In 1836 M. Laffitte founded the Joint-stock Bank which goes by his name, and of which he was the head and principal partner. Little did M. Perregaux think that the hand which would pick up a pin was that of a man generous to prodigality in doing good-a hand always open to succour honourable misfortune. Never were riches placed in better hands-never did banker or prince make a more noble use of them. He has left one daughter only, who is married to the Prince of Moskowa, the son of Marshal Ney, and who has several children. On the 30th May the body of M. Laffitte was interred at the cemetery of Père Lachaise. Early in the morning the Rue Laffitte was entirely occupied by troops. The first room on the ground-floor was made the chapelle ardente, where the body was placed, and where was seated a priest before a prie-Dieu. A single municipal guard was on duty by the side to direct those who arrived how to pass on, each sprinkling the remains with holy water. All the spacious saloons on this floor were crowded with citizens of all classes, expressing their regret and condolence to the Prince de la Moskowa his son-in-law and M. Pierre Laffitte his brother, who were there to receive them. Nearly all the members of the Chamber of Deputies attended, with the President, Vice-Presidents, and Questors, and the grand deputation. The Peers were also very numerous. Marshal Soult was among the first arrivals, wearing the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. MM. Cunnin- Gridaine and LacaveLaplagne were the only other Ministers present. General Gourgaud, Aide.deCamp to the King, and several officers of his Majesty, were there, and also M. de Montesquiou and M. de Chastellux, (hevaliers of Honour to the Queen and Mme. Adelaide. Amongst the crowd which filed the drawing-rooms might be seen the most remarkable persons connected with politics, finance, literature, and commerce, M. Mignet, M. Rothschild, M. Mendizabal, &c. The press had sent there the principal editors of all the journals of the Opposition of the Left. It was about half past 12 when the coffin was placed on the funeral car. The cortège then got into line, and proceeded towards the church of St. Roch. The |