a son.-17. At Greywell Hill, Lady Dorchester, a dau.-24. At Spennel's, near Kidderminster, the wife of Capt. Henry Carey Elwes, late 12th Regt. a son.--At Somersal, Herbert, the wife of W. Fitzherbert, esq. a son. -25. At Arrowe Hall, Cheshire, the wife of J. R. Shaw, esq. a daú.-26. Át Hareston House, Devon, the wife of T. W. Parratt, esq. a son and heir.-In Chester-sq. the wife of Henry Ley, esq. a son.-27. The wife of W. a dau.In Hill-st. Berkeley-sq. the wife of L. Gwynne, esq. of Lampeter House, Pembr. Wm. Strahan, esq. a son. In Barnsburysq. Islington, the wife of the Rev. J. G. Heisch, a son. The Countess of Arundel and Surrey, a son and heir (Lord Fitz Alan). -28. At Rutland-gate, the wife of Fred. Pratt Barlow, jun. esq. a son.- -29. At Dublin, the wife of Capt. John Hely Hutchinson, a son.-30. At Nottingdon House, Dorset, the wife of Chas. W. Gordon, esq. of Oak Leaze, Glouc, a son. -31. In Eaton-sq. the wife of George Cornwall Legh, esq. a son and heir. Lately. At Pau, Lady Kilmaine, a dau.-— At Stanford Court, Worc. Lady Winnington, a son and heir.At Leamington, the Hon. Mrs. H. D. Ward, a dau.In Upper Harleyst., the Hon. Mrs. Francis Grimston, a son. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. C. G. Scott, a son. At Leamington, the wife of Kevill Davies, esq. Croft Castle, Herefordshire, a son and heir. Jan. 2. At Lyme Regis, Dorset, the wife of Capt. Edw. S. Capel, a dau.-3. In Eaton-sq. the wife of the Rev. R. Ward, a son.--5. At the Prebendal House, Aylesbury, Mrs. Acton Tindal, a son.-6. In Grosvenor-st. the Lady Mary Hood, a son.--At Sherbourne, the wife of Henry William Dashwood, esq. a dau.- At Southampton, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Malet, a dau.--7. In Montagu-sq. the wife of James Clay, esq. M.P. a son.--At West Tytherly, Hants, the wife of the Hon. and Rev. John T. Pelham, a son.-8. At Oran, Yorkshire, the wife of the Hon. J. C. Dundas, a dau. The wife of William Longman, esq. of Hyde Park-sq. a dau.-10. At Eltham, Kent, the wife of G. Buchanan Wollaston, esq. a son. -In Russell-sq. the wife of J. Russell, esq. Q. C. a dau.-12. At Kiddington, the wife of Mortimer Ricardo, esq. a son.--At Denston Hall, Suffolk, Lady Keane, a dau.-15. At Notting-hill, the wife of C. J. Plumptre, esq. a dau. -16. At Dittisham, Lady Henry Kerr, a dau-20. In Bryanstone-sq. the wife of Edw. Dawson, esq. of Whatton Hall, Leic. a son. MARRIAGES. July 28. At Paterson, New South Wales George Faircloth, esq. of the Bank of Australasia, to Maria-Arkley, third dau. of Wm. Dunn, esq. of Duninald, Paterson. Sept. 13. At Dharwar, Lieut. J. Francis, 5th Regt. Bombay Light Inf. and Assistant Superintendent in the Revenue Survey, S. M. C. (second son of Benjamin Francis, esq. of Twyford, Norf.), to Georgina-Anne, youngest dau. of the late George Frankland, esq. Surveyor-Gen. of Van Diemen's Land. Oct. 7. At Bareilly, James Lean, esq. Bengal Civil Service, second son of James Lean, esq. of Clifton, to Maria- Burvill, eldest dau. of the late Major Holmes, 12th Regt. Bengal Infantry. 27. At Bradford, J. V. Godwin, esq. son of the Rev. B. Godwin, D.D. to Rachel Catherine, eldest dau. of the Rev. James Acworth, LL.D. President of Horton Coll.--At Pagham, W. T. W. Wood, esq. of H M.'s 20th Regt. eldest son of Thomas Wood, esq. of Arthingworth, to Rosamond-Mary, eldest dau. of Capt. Dixie, R.N. of Aldwick, near Bognor.-At Bury, Lanc. Halsall Segar, n. of Birkenhead, esq. to Catherine-Elizabeth, second dau. of the Rev. Henry Crewe Boutflower, Incumbent of St. John's, Bury.-At St. George's, Hanoversq. Arthur Crowdy, esq. of Farringdon, Berks, to Jane, youngest dau. of the late Matthew Mills, esq. of Billesley Hall, near Stratford-onAvon. At Newport, Devon. Wm. Herbert Hole, esq. of Barnstaple, only son of Captain William Hole, R.N. of Budleigh Salterton, to Harriett Lane, third dau. of Lewis Rooke, esq. of Trafalgar House.--At Kingston, near Bristol, Capt. J. Robinson, of the Royal Ordnance, of Southsea, to Eleanor, relict of the Rev. J. Shackleton, and youngest dau. of the late Andrew Marben, esq. of Grove House, Redlands. 28. At Veryan, Capt. Henry Aylmer, R.A. to Charlotte Louisa, eldest dau. of Jn. Gwatkin, esq. of Parc Behan, Cornwall.-At Annanhill, co. Ayr, Col. Patrick Montgomerie, of the Madras Art. C. B., and A.D.C. to the Queen, to W. Henrietta, third dau. of the late James Haldane, esq. of Auchans.--At Clist Honiton, near Exeter, John Monkhouse Baber, esq. son of James Baber, esq. of Brighton, to Mary, second dau. of Abraham Smith, esq. of Treasbeare, Clist Honiton; and, at the same time and place, James Baber, esq. son of James Baber, esq. to Elizabeth, third dau. of Abraham Smith, esq.-At Ansty, Leic. Wm. Bosworth, esq. of Charley Hall, Leic. to Sophia, eldest dau, of the late Henry Nugent Bell, esq. of Bellevue, co. Fermanagh.- At Ramsgate, Comm. W. Boys, R.N. to Elizabeth, dau. of the late I. Cowell, esq. St. John's, Thanet.--At Winchester, Major William Raikes Faber, 49th Regt to Mary-Anne, dau. of the Rev. Thos. Woodrooffe, A. M. Canon of Winchester --At St. George's, Hanover-sq. M. S. H. Lloyd, esq. Major 2nd Regt., to Eliza-Margaret, fifth dau. of the late Walter Clerk, esq. of East Bergholt House, Suffolk.-At Shimpling, John George Weller Poley, esq. eldest son of George Weller Poley, esq. of Boxted Hall, Suffolk, to Diana, youngest dau. of Thos. Hallifax, esq. of Chadacre Hall, Suffolk. At Shiffnall, Daniel Bennett, esq. of Faringdon House, Berks, to Mary-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Uvedale Corbett, esq. of Aston Hall. SO. At St. Pancras New Church, Thomas Francis Kendall, esq. of Margaret-st. Caven. dish sq. to Sarah-Jane, only dau. of Thomas Kirk, esq. of Guildford-st.-At Hull, Henry Ellison, esq. of Teddington, Middlesex, third son of the late Richard Ellison, esq. of Sudbrook, Linc. to Ellen, eldest surviving dau. of Wm. Wells, esq. of Hull. Nov. 1. At Shrivenham, Berks, James Hamilton Lloyd Anstruther, esq. of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, to the Hon. Georgiana Christiana Barrington, sister to Viscount Barrington-At Edinburgh, Capt. F. J. T. Hutchinson, to Amelia-Jane, dau. of the late Col. Gordon, of Harperfield, Lanarkshire.Kilkenny, Anthony Tissington Tatlow, esq. of the Inner Temple, London, to CatherineBridget, relict of Denis Mahony, esq. of Cork, and eldest dau. of the late Redmond Reade, esq. Treasurer of co. Kilkenny. -At 2. At Bedford, Francis Twining, of Parbold, Lanc. esq youngest son of the Rev. Daniel Twining, Rector of Stilton, Hunts, to Jane, second dau. of Theed Pearse, esq. of Rye-close, Bedford.--At Guernsey, the Rev. Hugh Stewart, Rector of Kilsioran, co. Wexford, and Chancellor of Ferns, to Annie, youngest dau. of the late J. A. Meaburn, esq. of West Hatch, Essex. 3. At Buckland, near Dover, the Rev. Chas. Driscoll, M.A. Lecturer of St. Mary's, Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex, son of the late S. Driscoll, esq. King's Counsel, of Dublin, to Margaret, only dau. of the late Thomas Grant, esq. and niece to the late Right Hon. Sir Wm. Grant, Master of the Rolls. At Bath, Henry L. Tovey, esq. surgeon, son of the late Edwd. Tovey, esq. of Dilley-brook House, Wilts, and nephew of Lieut.-Gen. Gilbert, C.B. of Tweed Villa, Hants, to Anne, only surviving dau. of the late William Humphries, esq.-At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. Thomas Woodward, esq. of Pershore, to Mary, dau. of the late Rev. Joseph Higgins, Rector of Eastnor. 4. At Terrington, Norfolk, Mark Edward Currie, esq. of the Bengal Horse Art. second son of Sir F. Currie, Bart. to Jane, eldest dau. of the Rev. T. T. Upwood.At Kildysart, co. of Clare, Comm. Frederick Lowe, R.N. third son of Wm. Lowe, esq. of Montague-st. Russell-sq. to Maria-Christina, second dau. of the late Major Ross Lewin.-At Coolock Church, near Dublin, Daniel Henry Rucker, esq. jun. of Clapham Common, Surrey, to Mary-Antoinette, eldest dau. of J. D. Williams, esq.-At Paris, George, eldest son of the late Rev. G. H. L. Gretton, Vicar of Allensmoor and Clehanger, Herefordshire, to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the Rev. Charles Eyre, of Lower Park, Dedham, Essex.-At West. meston, William Pigott Shuckburgh, esq. of Downton, Wilts. to Joanna, youngest dau. of the late Vice-Adm. Tonrlinson, of Middleton House, Westmeston, Sussex.-At Cheshunt, Frederick, son of the late George Whitfield, of Dulwich, esq. to Lætitia-Cromwell, third dau. of J. A. Russell, of Cheshunt Park, esq. and granddaughter of the late Oliver Cromwell, esq. 5. At All Souls', Langham-pl. the Rev. John Henry Young, of Southwold, Suffolk, to RosaLouisa, only dau. of George Ridout, esq. of Wimpole-st. 6. At St. Peter's, Pimlico, Thomas Syson Cundy, esq. to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of the late John Cort, esq.- -At Camberwell, James Catherwood, esq. of Charles-sq. to Keturah, widow of Robert Young, esq. of Manor House, Bromley.At St. Ann's Soho, William Clode, esq. of her Majesty's Civil Service, to Catherine-Anne, eldest dau. of W. R. Hodges, esq. of Millfield-house, Stoke, Surrey, and grand. dau. of the late Benjamin Hodges, esq. the eminent distiller.At Brighton, H. L. Whichelo, esq. of London, to Marianne, fourth dau. of the late H. L. Whichelo, esq. of Brighton. 7. At Taunton, John Norris Norman, esq. Lieut. R.N. eldest son of the Rev. J. H. Norman, of Deal, and grandson of the late John Norris, esq. M.P. to Sophia Cecilia, third dau. of the late Rev. George Woodley, Incumbent of Martindale. 8. At Bristol, Alfred, youngest son of John Carter, esq. of Clifton, to Amelia-Jane-Sophia, youngest dau. of the late Capt. William Meade, 40th and 77th Regiments. 9. At Cheetham, the Rev. John Tayleure Pigot, Minor Canon of Rochester, to HesterSarah, eldest dau. of Major-General Wemyss, C.B. of Smedley-hall, near Manchester. At St. Marylebone, Marcus Keane, esq. of Beech Park, co. of Clare, to Louisa-Isabella, dau. of Nicholas Westby, esq. of York-gate, Regent's Park. 10. At Hove, near Brighton, the Rev. Thomas Hubbard, Rector of Stondon, Essex, to Emily Fanny, dau. of Sir Woodbine Parish, K.C.H.At All Souls', Langham-pl., Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bart. to Emily-Ann, dau. of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, Bart., of Thirkleby-park, and Chequers-court.--At Dixton, near Monmouth, the Rev. Edward Machen, Rector of Mitcheldean, Glouc., to Sophia, second dau. of the Rev. Jas. L. Dighton, Rector of Dixton. 11. At Wandsworth, John Allin, esq. son of William Allin, esq. of Downs-house, East Hendred, Berks, to Jane-Henrietta, dau. of James Henry Greive, esq. of East-hill, Wandsworth. -At Tettenhall, Staffordshire, Richard Cope, esq. of Plymouth Grove, eldest son of Richard Cope, esq. of Ardwick-pl. Manchester, to Anne-Sophia, eldest dau. of Geo. Cope, esq. of Tettenhall Lodge, and granddau. of the late Rev. Dr. Harwood, of Lichfield.-At Paris, William Downing Bruce, esq. F.S.A. to Catharine-Laura, dau. of William Plomer, esq. of Wimpole-st. and granddau. of the late Sír William Plomer, alderman of London. 13. At Meerut, Bengal, William Heberden, esq. 27th B. N. I., eldest son of the Rev. W. Heberden, of Bookham, Surrey, to HenriettaMaria-Jane, eldest dau. of the Rev. P. M. Cumming, of Dromod and Prior, county of Kerry, Ireland. 15. At All Souls', Langham-pl. Charles Petersdorff, esq. of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Mary-Ann, relict of James Mallock, esq. of Harley-st. 16. At Twickenham, the Rev. C. B. Auber, of Moreton Pinkney, to Zoe Adelaide, only dau. of C. H. Barber, esq. Q.C. of Twickenham.At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. Charles Plumer Pennington, Lieut. Rifle Brigade, only son of G. Pennington, esq. of Cumberland-st. to Rosamond-Augusta de Roll, eldest dau. of the late Rev. F. S. Lomax.— -At Merrion-sq. North, Dublin, Francis William Brady, eldest son of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, to EmilyElizabeth Kyle, youngest dau. of Samuel, Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.-At Bath, Henry, youngest son of the late Henry Pincke Lee, esq. of Woolley, near Maidenhead, to Elizabeth-Ann, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Francis Ellaby. 17. At Dover, Charles, son of T. E. Headlam, esq. M.D. of Torquay, to Gertrude-Charlotte, third dau. of Lieut.-Col. Baldwin, of Dover. 18. At Welton, Richard Trevor Clarke, esq. to Fanny-Maria-Hyde, eldest dau. of Sir William Pearson, of Hanover-sq.- -At Upper Chelsea, the Rev. Edward Mayne, of Lakewiew, co. Monaghan, to Anna, relict of Henry Oswald Smith, esq. of the 42d Madras N. Inf. and granddau. of the late Warden Flood, esq. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.-At Camborne, Cornwall, the Rev. William Price Lewis, jun. of Rosewarne, only son of the Rev. William Price Lewis, of New House, Glam. to Cecilia-Basset, second dau. of the Rev. Hugh Rogers, Rector of Camborne.--At Eckington, William Lloyd Flood, esq. of Farmly, co. Kilkenny, to Frances, only dau. of C. E. Hanford, esq. of Woollas Hall, Worcestershire. 20. At South Petherton, Somerset, Sir Arthur Chichester, of Youlston, Bart., to Mary, eldest dau. of John Nicholetts, esq.-At Dublin, Edward, eldest son of the late Edward Winckworth, esq. of Cowley Hall, Hillingdon, Middlesex, to Theodosia, second dau. of Trevor Wheeler, esq. of Ormond Quay. 23. At Greenwich, Lieut. Henry C. P. Dyer, R.M. eldest son of Henry S. Dyer, esq. K.N. of Reading, to Charlotte-Powell, second dau. of Capt. Alex. B. Branch, K.H. of Greenwich Hospital. At St. Magnus-the-Martyr, the Rev. George Bryant, M.A. Incumbent of Trinity Church, Sheerness, to Catherine-Sarah, eldest dau. of David Alston, esq.-At Clifton, Glouc. the Rev. W. H. Arundell, Rector of Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon, to Sarah-Peach, only dau. of George Kettle, esq. of Stoke Prior. At Southampton, Evan Prichard, esq. of Collenun, Glam. to Katharine, relict of Thomas Burton Rann, esq. and dau. of the late Richard Nicholl, esq. of Greenhill Grove, Herts.At Mortlake, Charles F. Perkins, esq. of Birtley, Durham, eldest son of Charles Per- 24. At Teignmouth, John Harrison, esq. late of the Grenadier Guards, to Sophia-Brown, youngest dau. of the late Capt. Lugard, of the Royal Mil. Asylum, Chelsea." 25. At Lewisham, Francis Head Brockman, esq. youngest son of the late J. D. Brockman, esq. of Beachborough, Kent, to Ellen, relict of James Laidlaw, esq. of Dominica.At St. Gorran, Cornwall, Francis Brooking Cuming, esq. of Dartmouth, only son of the late F. B. Cuming, esq. of Totnes, to Ellen-Hall, youngest dau. of the late W. Richards, esq. of Penryn. At Lee, Kent, Thomas Henry Craig, esq. barrister-at-law, to Mary-Charlotte, second dau. of the late Col. R. B. Jenkins, Hon. East India Company's Service.-At Phillack, Cornwall, Edwin Edmonds, esq. of Hayle, to Mary-Tregoning, eldest dau. of Richard Nicholls, esq. of Treglisson, Cornwall. 29. At Kennington, Charles Andrews, of Daywell, Salop, and Upper Bedford-pl. esq. to Phoebe, second dau, of the late William Vazie Simons, esq. 30. At Hurst, Berks, Miles Manning Beale Cooper, of Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestersh. esq. son of Dr. Beale Cooper, of Bengeworth, to Frances-Hampson, youngest dau. of the late T. A. Rudd, of Biggleswade, esq. Dec. 1. At the British Embassy, Paris, Lord Cochrane, eldest son of the Earl of Dundonald, K.B. to Louisa, dau. of Mr. Mackinnon, M.P.-At Kimbolton, G. E. Hannam. esq. eldest son of George Hannam, esq. D.L. of Bromston House, and Alland Grange, Isle of Thanet, to Augusta-Henrietta, eldest dau. of Capt. Welstead, R.N.-At Hawkshead, Richard Bryan Smith, esq. of Lydiate, near Liverpool, to Abigail, dau. of the late W. Gawthorp, esq. of Sawrey, Windermere.-At Hurst, Philip William Godsal, esq. only son of Philip Lake Godsal, esq. of Iscoyd Park, Flintshire, to Charlotte-Harriet, eldest dau. of the late Capt. Garth, R.N. of Haines Hill, Wilts.At Beddingham, near Lewes, Alfred Thomas Riley, esq. of Glyndebourne, younger son of the late James Riley, esq. of Bermondsey, to Emma, second dau. of George Ellman, esq. of Beddingham-court House. 2. At St. George's, Hanover-sq., William Vansittart, esq. of the Bengal Civil Service, to Harriette, eldest dau. of the late Ambrose Humphrys, esq. of Upper Wimpole-st.-At St. George's, Hanover sq., James Loch, esq. M.P., to Elizabeth-Mary, widow of Major George Macartney Greville, and eldest dau. of the late John Pearson, esq. of Tettenhall Wood, Staff., Advocate General in Bengal.At Catherington, Hampsh., Jas. Linwood, esq. Barnsbury Park, London, to Ellen, youngest dau. of the late George Duke Wyatt, esq. Manor House, Chidham, Sussex.-At South Walsham, the Rev. H. J. Muskett, M.A., only son of Henry Muskett, esq. of Clippesby House, to Charlotte, second dau. of the late William Heath Jary, esq. of Blofield Lodge, Norfolk. At St. George's, Hanover-sq., the Rev. William Arnold Buckland, M.A. Student of Christ Church, and Vicar of Ravensthorpe, co. Northamp., to Harriet, eldest dau. of Rich. Blagden, esq. of Albemarle-st.-At Wickmere, Norfolk, Reginald Henry Nevill, esq. to the Lady Dorothy Fanny Walpole, youngest dau. of the Earl of Orford.At Speldhurst, 10 Robert Henry Warre, esq. only son of the late Thomas Warre, esq. to Gertrude-Anne, second dau. of the late Capt. Charles Shaw, R.N. and niece of Sir J. K. Shaw, Bart.-At Dresden, Saxony, Julius Simon, esq. of Leeds, to Henrietta-Margaret, eldest dau. of Ernst Wolff, esq. formerly of Leeds.-At Cheltenham, the Rev. Henry Kemp Richardson, Rector of Leire, Leicestershire, to the Hon. Anne, widow of the late J. A. Arnold, esq. and dau. of the Right Hon. the Baroness Braye. 3. At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, the Rev. Edmund Day, of Norton, Yorkshire to EmilySarah, third dau. of Henry Day, esq. M.D. Surgeon R.N., Acton. 4. At Downham, Isle of Ely, Cambridgesh., William Martin, esq. second son of Henry Martin, esq. of Littleport, Isle of Ely, to Anne, eldest dau. of George Cooke, esq. of Downham.--At Marylebone, C. Blackmore, esq. to Josepha-Sophia, youngest dau. of the late Geo. Wortham, esq. of Fenstanton, Hunts. 6. At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. ThomasNorman, son of George W. Harrisson, esq. of Sandwich, to Mary-Ann, third dau. of the late Israel Thomas, esq. Clapham Rise, Surrey. -At St. Michael's, Pimlico, George Ramsden, esq. R.N. to Maria, youngest dau. of Robert Rumball, esq. 7. At Newcastle, Staff., Henry Graves, esq. of Cookstown, co. Tyrone, M.D. youngest son of the late Capt. Thomas Graves, R.N., to Mary-Lee, only child of the late Chas. Dyer, esq. of Wotton-under-Edge.--At Exeter, Richard Holland Bradley, esq. of Greenwich, eldest son of Orton Bradley, esq. Eden Place, Kirkby Stephen, to Sophia-Mary, youngest dau. of the late Wm. Harding, esq. of Exeter. -At Codicote, Herts, Peter-Robert, eldest son of Peter Hammond, esq. to Justina-Davidson, dau. of the late Æneas Barkly, esq.-At Malta, Charles Lyne, esq. R. N., son of Charles Lyne, esq. of Old Kent-road, to Matilda-Catherine-Victoria, only dau. of the late Col. Smyth, of that island.-At Uckfield, Mr. Alexander Cheale, jun. to Susanna, only surviving dau. of the late Mr. Thomas Lidbetter, of Buxted. 9. At Paisley, J. R. G. Pattison, esq. of 10th Foot, only son of the late Lieut.-Col. A. Hope Pattison, K. H. Commander of the troops in the Bahamas, to Isabella, eldest dau. of William Lowndes, esq. of Arthurlie, N. B. At St. Peter's, Eaton-sq., Lord George Quin, brother to the Marquis of Headfort, Mary-Isabella, eldest dau. of the late Sir John and brother-in-law of Earl Spencer, to LouisaRamsden, of Byram Hall, Yorkshire.-At Brighton, Henry, son of Charles Cor, esq. of Stockwell Park, Surrey, to Frances-Ann-Bell, youngest dau. of the late Leny Smith, esq. of Bognor, Sussex.-At St. George's, Hanoversq. the Hon. Henry Elliot, second son of the Earl of Minto, to Anne, second dau. of Sir E. Antrobus, Bart.-At St. Mary's, Islington, Woolnough Gross, esq. second son of the late Samuel Chilton Gross, esq. of Alderton, Suff., to Anne-Eliza-Maria, only surviving dau. of the late John Wythe, esq. of Chandos Lodge, Eye, Suffolk.--At Christchurch, St Marylebone, Charles Timm, esq. M.D. of Bath, to Frances-Jane, only surviving dau. of the late Cornelius Trufitt, esq. of London.-At Walthamstow, William Walker Drake, esq. to Frances, relict of Thos. Solly, esq. both of the same place. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. John Dunn Gardner, esq. of Lower Grosvenorst., and Chatteris, Cambridgesh., to Mary, eldest dau. of Andrew Lawson, esq., of The Hall, Boroughbridge.At Heavitree, Edw. G. Cann, esq. of Heardwyck, Holsworthy, to Sibella-Paddon, eldest dau. of the late John Fulford, esq. of Plymouth. Dec. 17. OBITUARY. THE EX-EMPRESS MARIA-LOUISA. At Parma, after a painful illness of nine days' duration, aged 56, Maria-Louisa, Archduchess of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, formerly wife of the Emperor Napoleon. Of all the dreams of human greatness suddenly thrust by the caprice of fortune upon a youthful Princess, none certainly was ever more gorgeous or surprising than that which made Maria-Louisa, then in her 19th year, the bride of the great soldier of fortune, who seemed to be not only the Sovereign paramount of France, but the master of continental Europe. It was in 1810, when the military glories of the empire had ripened into all that conquest and luxury could bestow. Paris was the capital of an European empire. The spoils of all nations, save one, were collected in her halls; the princes of all nations, save one, formed the circle of the Imperial Court, and within sixteen years of that fatal and atrocious day when the innocent blood of Marie-Antoinette had flowed on the Place de la Revolution, amidst the infuriated cries of the French populace, another Austrian Archduchess passed that spot, hailed by the acclamations of that same people as the bride of Napoleon, and the future mother of a race of emperors. A year elapsed, and the heir of these great hopes, the child of ambition, was born. Every gift of fortune seemed to have been bestowed, and, amidst these preternatural and extravagant demonstra. tions of mighty power and of insatiable desires, it was scarcely possible to conceive that three short years would dissipate this meteoric vapour, and place the darkest lesson of human mutability so close to the most daring efforts of human pride. The recklessness with which these gifts were thrown away was equal to the boldness by which they had been won. The personal share of Maria-Louisa in these extraordinary scenes was, indeed, that of a passive instrument rather than a voluntary agent, and little of the glory or the shame of that period attaches to herself. It cannot, however, be forgotten that her marriage was the immediate consequence, if not the cause, of the scandalous and ungrateful repudiation of Josephine, and the Austrian Princess knew that the rights and dignities she assumed as a wife and an empress were unlawfulle plundered from another. Nor will it by less remembered that the marriage which decked the daughter of Francis in these GENT. MAG. VOL. XXIX. trappings covered the house from which she sprang with humiliation; that her inauspicious nuptials were preceded by the defeat of the land of her birth, and followed by the defeat of that of her adoption; and that the marriage itself was designed to be the link which should rivet the policy of Austria to the ascendancy of France. These considerations might, indeed, have been disguised from an inexperienced princess, and it would be unjust to judge her in prosperity by a very strict standard of duty. But in adversity there are no disguises; and, if she had been possessed of any feeling of dignity or generosity, the changes which pressed upon her gave her ample occasion for the display of higher virtues than those which surrounded her throne. She seems, on the contrary, never to have excited the respect or the compassion of any one in Europe. The Allied Sovereigns themselves, on reaching Paris, marked their consideration for Josephine by their visit to Malmaison; but MariaLouisa sought not even to share the fortunes of her husband in the mild banishment of Elba. Her son became a hostage in the hands of her father, and every tie was broken which connected Maria-Louisa with the greatness or the misfortunes of him who had shared with her his self-won throne. A strange insensibility to the past, a selfish nature, and an ignoble second marriage completed the bathos of her unequal life, which ended as if the sole purpose for which she had ever existed was to dwell at ease in the little Court of Parma, and to obey the Italian policy of Prince Metternich. Her administration of these principalities was of course Austrian. But she had introduced many of the institutions which have proved most beneficial in Lombardy, and her subjects were at least free from onerous contributions to the finances of the empire. Of the Empress Maria-Louisa it may be said that nothing in her life became her like the leaving it, and, with a view to the completion of the arrangements recently made in certain portions of territory distributed among the Italian Princes, the demise of the Archduchess of Parma is at least opportune. She had lived to be very nearly the longest reigning sovereign in Europe, for nearly thirty-four years have elapsed since she exchanged for the portion of an archduchess her share in the throne of the French empire. The treaties of 1815, subsequently explained by the treaty of 1844, stipulated that, 2 C at the death of the Archduchess, the Duke of Lucca should abandon his dominions to Tuscany, take possession of the duchies of Parma, Placenza, and Guastalla, and receive from Tuscany Pontremoli and its territory. When the Duke of Lucca, in anticipation of the inheritance of the Archduchess, recently ceded his duchy to Tuscany, in consideration of a pension of 1,200,000 francs, it was agreed that Pontremoli should remain attached to Tuscany until the decease of the Archduchess of Parma. The change of dynasty which now takes place is a matter of great interest to Italy, because the consolidation of the Italian Customs' League would be much advanced by the addition of that rich and important territory which lies between the frontiers of Piedmont and the Romagna. The body of the Archduchess MariaLouisa has been conveyed to Vienna, and placed in the imperial vault at the church of the Capuchins, by the side of that of her son, the Duke de Reichstadt. MADAME ADELAIDE. Dec. 31. At the palace of the Tuilleries, in her 71st year, of influenza, Her Royal Highness Eugene-Adelaide-Louise, Mademoiselle d'Orleans, sister to the King of the French. Her Royal Highness was born on the 23d Aug. 1777. She received from Madame de Genlis the utmost care, and was brought up according to the ideas of Rousseau, then in vogue, relative to education. In order not to be disturbed in her functions with respect to the two princesses, her pupils, Madame de Genlis had withdrawn to the convent of Belle-Chaise. A pavilion was built for her in the garden, and everything was there disposed for a life of study. The hangings of the chamber of the princesses were covered with historical pictures; two screens contained on their surface a full series of sketches relating to the history of France; and everything in the rooms contributed to the great task of education. The empire which Madame de Genlis had obtained over the mind of the young princess and her brothers, having excited to the highest degree the maternal jealousy of the Duchess of Orleans, she at last procured her dismissal. Mademoiselle Adelaide felt the separation so keenly, that it was found necessary to recall the governess. The latter then received from the Duke permission to make an excursion to England with the princess, and it was in that way that she was first separated from her mother. The events of the Revolution caused e moiselle Adelaide to be placed on the list of emigrants. Her father, who was himself menaced, succeeded, however, in getting that measure revoked; but she had scarcely returned when she received an order to quit the capital in twentyfour hours, and the French territory in three days. The Duke of Chartres (the present King) having heard of the difficulty in which his sister was placed, hurried from the army, and conducted her to Tournay. Some time after we find the young exile and her governess in the town of Schaffhausen, where the Duke of Chartres, also an exile, went to join them. They afterwards proceeded for greater safety to Zurich, and thence to Zug, where, under an Irish name, they resided a month. They were then recognised, and obliged to seek for a new asylum. It was also found necessary for the young prince to separate from his sister, his presence drawing down on her the severity of the various governments and of their police. They were in the greatest perplexity when a lucky circumstance relieved them. General Montesquiou, then established in Switzerland, had rendered to the government of Geneva services which had given him great consideration in the canton. By his intervention Mademoiselle Adelaide and Madame de Genlis obtained permission to fix their residence in the convent of St. Clair, near Baumgarten. The princess did not leave the convent until May 11, 1794, to withdraw to Hungary to the residence of her aunt, the Countess di Conti; she next proceeded to Figuieras, in Catalonia, where the Duchess of Orleans was residing, and where she remained until 1808. The war in Spain then caused her to fly, and she set out in search of her brother, whom she at length met at Portsmouth, at the moment he was about to embark. "God be praised!" said the Prince," one of my good angels is restored to me!" They promised each other not to again separate, and they kept their word. In Jan. 1809, the Princess was present at the marriage of her brother at Palermo with the Princess Marie-Amelie, who, when she married an exile, had no idea that she was uniting her destiny to the future King of France. The Restoration brought back to Mademoiselle d'Orleans a less troubled existence. The faults of the government caused the Duke of Orleans to play an important part, and conferred on him an influence to which the Revolution of July gave the concluding touch. Madame Adelaide had contributed in no small degree, during the fifteen years' struggle, to rally round her brother the various influences which the Restoration appeared doing all it could to band together against itself. |