stein (late Lady in Waiting on H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge), only dau. of the late Baron George Von Hammerstein, of Hanover. -At Kensington, William Waterhouse, esq. of Rome, to Isabella, second dau. of John Mackenzie, esq. of Brompton.

7. At Plymouth, Lieut. W. N. Lockyer, R.N. nephew of the late Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, R.N., C.B. to Elizabeth-Selina, youngest dau. of Lieut.-Col. Bell, C.B. late of the 48th Regt.

At Sutcombe, the Rev. Francis B. Briggs, Rect. of Sutcombe, to Albertine-Augusta-Jane, second dau. of the late Wm. Vallack, esq. of Maker. At St. Marylebone, Percy, youngest son of Alfred Robinson, esq. of Orchard-st. to Eliza-Sarah, youngest dau. of Major-General Aylmer, of Worthing.

8. At Cayo, Carmarth. Chas. Cæsar Cookman, esq. eldest son of E. R. Cookman, of Monart House, co. Wexford, esq. to CharlotteAnna-Maria, elder dau. of John Johues, of Dolaucothi, co. Carmarth. esq.- -At Trinity church, Marylebone, Robert Emilius Wilson, only son of Edw. Lumley Wilson, esq. to Isabella-Catharine, eldest dau. of the late John Jones, esq. of Portland-pl. and Dery Ormond, Cardig. At St. Luke's, Chelsea, George Elwick Jemmett, esq. of Ashford, to Caroline, dau. of the late Rev. John Bond, D.D. of Hanwell.-At Tunbridge Wells, Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B., K.C.H. Commodore Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard to Jemima-Mary-Harriet, eldest dau. of the late Comm. Sir James Brisbane, Kt., C.B., K.W.-At Ham, Surrey, the Rev. E. R. Eardley Wilmot, Vicar of Kenilworth, third son of the late Sir J. E. Eardley Wilmot, Bart. to Emma-Hutchinson, third dau. of Wm. Lambert, esq. late of Bengal Civil Service. At St. James's, Lieut.-Col. Campbell, Scots Fusilier Guards, to Mary-Frances, widow of the late Reginald Curteis, esq.-At St. Michael's, Pimlico, the Rev. Wm. Brock, A.M. Rector of Bishop's Waltham, Hants, to Louisa, widow of John Tosswill, esq. and eldest dau. of the late Rev. Dr. Harrison, of St. Saviour's, Southwark.-At Broadwater, John Tribe, esq. Steyning, to Eliza-Ellen, dau. of John James, Secondary of London, and of Worthing, Sussex, esq.-At Thorpe, John Alfred Back, esq. of Hethersett, Norfolk, son of the late Thos. Back, esq. banker, of Norwich, to Julia-Elizabeth, elder dau. of James Stark, esq. of Windsor, and formerly of Norwich. At Eccles, John Copner Wynne Edwards, of the Inner Temple, esq. barrister-at-law, to Maria, third dau. of Wood Gibson, esq. Hope, Lancashire.

9. At Piddington, near Northampton, Peter Sydenham, eldest son of Peter Dixon, esq. of Holme Eden, Cumberland, to Frances, eldest dau. of Thos. Lynes, esq. of Hackleton House, Northamptonshire.

10. At Weston, in the parish of South Stoneham, Capt. Henshaw Russell, Staff-officer, of Wolverhampton, to Jane-Althea-Groves, of Freelands, Winchester, eldest dau. of the late Major Groves, 28th Regt.-At Ramsgate, James Murray Robertson, esq. of Portwayhouse, Warminster, and late of Rio de Janeiro, to Louisa-Catherine, second dau. of Charles Herring, jun. esq. late of Morro Velho, Brazils.

At Bath, David Robertson, esq. Comm. R.N. youngest son of the late Lieut.-Col. Robertson Macdonald, of Kinlochmoidart, Inverness-shire, to Caroline, youngest dau. of James Beck, esq. At Norwich, George Downs, esq. of Stockport, Cheshire, to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of the late Joshua Kirby Trimmer, esq. of Strand-on-the-Green, Middlesex.At Ospringe, Kent, the Rev. Frederick Stewart, B.A. only son of the late Capt. Charles Stewart, of Beverley, to Harriet, eldest dau. of the Rev. M. W. Jones, B.D. Vicar of Ospringe.- -At St. John's West

minster, the Rev. J. G. Milne, M.A. Rector of Chignal St. James, with Mashbury, near Chelmsford, Essex, to Mary-Anne, only child of B. R. Nodder, esq. of Little Smith-st.At Edinburgh, Capt. Francis Ramsay, second son of Sir Alex. Ramsay, Bart. of Balmain, to Georgina Hay Home, third dau. of Wm. F. Home, esq. of Wedderburn and Paxton.—At Trinity Church, Marylebone, Montague-David, second son of Sir David Scott, Bart. K.H. to Margaret, only dau. of the late James Briggs, esq.

12. At St. Pancras New Church, John Botcherby, esq. of Bayswater, to Emily, fifth dau. of Charles Cradock, esq. of Burton-cres.

14. At St. Peter's, Pimlico, F. W. Du Prè Dyer, esq. second son of Henry S. Dyer, esq. R.N. of Reading, to Eliza, only dau. of Capt. Knapman, R. M. of South Molton, Devon.

15. At St. Pancras New Church, Lodowick Anderson Pollock, esq. of Ramsgate, to AnneMartha, eldest dau. of the late William Northage, jun. esq. of Southampton, and granddau. of W. Northage, esq. of Upper Gower-st.

-At Staveley, the Rev. Alfred Povah, B.A. and Curate of St. James's, Westminster, to Mary Ann, widow of Isaac Howard Swain, esq.

-At Waltham Holy Cross, Henry F. Barker, esq. Capt. E. I. C. Service, to Eleanor, eldest dau. of William Kent Thomas, esq. of Sewardstone, Essex.--At Barton, Norfolk, the Rev. Vincent Edward Eyre, Rector of Cranwich, in the same county, to Emilia, dau. of the late Sir Thomas Preston, Bart.-At St. Margaret's Westminster, Charles M. Harrison, esq. of the Hon. E. I. C.'s Civil Service, to Mary, eldest dau. of the late J. M. Standen, esq.

16. At Alva House, Scotland, Capt. Lord Frederick C. P. Beauclerk, R.N. to JemimaLeonora, sixth dau. of the late James Johnstone, esq. of Alva.-At Walsall, the Rev. T. Hutton, Curate of Loughborough, to MaryAnn, eldest dau. of William Harrison, esq. of Walsall.

17. At the Catholic Chapel, Southampton, Edmund Charles Crowly, H. E. I. C. S., to Mary Elizabeth, second dau. of John Christopher, esq.At Margate, Boughton Kingdon, esq. of Emsworth, Hants, eldest son of Richard Kingdon, M.D. of Wentworth Lodge, near Cheltenham, to Elizabeth-Maria, eldest dau. of F. W. Cobb, esq. banker, Margate.At St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Wentworth Frederick Lamb, esq. to Constance-Louisa-Mary, eldest dau. of the late Major Henry Allace, of Henford Hall, Staff. and East Stonehouse, Devon.At Bath, Newton Mant, esq. of Wirksworth, Derbysh. to Mary, youngest dau. of the late Wm. Butt, esq. Corneybury, Herts.-At St. George's Hanover-sq. John-Henry, second son of the late Thomas Daniell, esq. of Little Berkhampstead, to Catherine, eldest dau. of the late J. H. Bradshaw, esq. of Upper Hyde Park-st.At Langham Church, St. Marylebone, Thomas Brace, of Surrey-st. Strand, esq. to Frances-Mary, only dau. of the late Adm. Stephen Poyntz, of Brockhampton House, Hants.At Bloxworth, William Fooks, esq. Clerk of the Peace of the co. Dorset, to FrancesJane, second dau, of the Rev. G. P. Cambridge, of Bloxworth.-At Westow, the Rev. Charles F. Smith, B.A. Curate of St. John the Evangelist Westminster, second son of the Rev. T. Smith, to Ellen, youngest dau. of the late Franeis Watt, esq. of Beverley.--At St. Thomas's, Ryde, the Rev. C. Coker Beck, Incumbent of St. Paul's, Foleshill, to LauraCoker, youngest dau. of the late H. C. Adams, esq. of Anstey Hall, Warwick.- At Stoke Damerel, Fred. Clewe, esq. Secretary to Adm. the Hon. D. Mackay, to Ellen Martha Twining, only child of the late William Twining, Bengal Medical Service. At Sandown, Isle of

Wight, Henry Phene, esq. of Ryde, to Eliza, youngest dau. of Thomas Woodham, esq. of Winchester, and of the Battery, Sandown.At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, William-Blucher Lumley Sleigh, the only son of the late Capt. Sleigh, of Stapleford, Notts. to Elizabeth, second dau. of the late Jas. Benstead, esq. of Cambridge. At Bristol, James, son of W. W. Brock, esq. M.D. of the Hotwells, Clifton, to Eliza-Guion, dau. of Joseph J. Kelson, esq. surgeon, of Bristol.

19. At Feniton, Devon, Thomas William Gray, esq. of Exeter, Solicitor and Proctor, to Anne-Barbara, only surviving dau. of the late Donatus O'Brien, esq. co. Clare.

22. At Brading, in the Isle of Wight, the Rev. Dunbar Isidore Heath, Vicar of Brading, to Emily Mary, fourth dau. of James Harrison, esq. of Hill-house, Brading.At Upton St. Leonard's, the Rev. Edward Mansfield, B.A. Perpetual Curate of Ruardean, Glouc. to Margaret-Eliza, fourth dau. of the late Rev. James C. Clements, of Lower Clapton, Middlesex.

At Berstead, Sussex, the Rev. James Nelson Palmer, Rector of Breamore, Hants, to Mary-Stephenson, eldest dau. of Richard Brown, esq. of East Dome-house, Bognor.At St. Pancras, G. Reynal, esq. of Denmark Hill, to Elizabeth-Ann, third dau. of the Rev. John Moore, late Minor Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Rector of St. Michael Bassishaw. At St. George's Hanover-sq. Captain Atwell Lake, of the Madras Eng. third son of the late Sir J. W. Lake, Bart. to Anne-Augusta, dau. of the late Sir William Curtis, Bart.At Biddenham, Bed. the Rev. Bolingbroke Seymour, only son of Eyre Seymour, esq. of Eyres Court, Galway, to Augusta-Emily, eldest dau. of the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, Vicar of Biddenham. At Paddington, George Teed, esq. of Gray's-inn, to Ann-Susan, widow of Major-Gen. Bellasis, of Craven Hill, Westbourne-terr.- At Belvoir Castle, the Rev. Frederick Norman, Rector of Bottesford, to the Lady Adeliza Elizabeth Gertrude Manners, the only unmarried daughter of his Grace the Duke of Rutland.

23. At Boscombe, Wilts, John, third son of Francis Atkins, esq. of Deptford, Kent, to Ellen, second dau. of Robt. Waters, esq.

24. At Deane, Hants, Edward William St. John, esq. only son of the Rev. Edw. St. John, of Ashe Park, to Jane-Martha, dau. of the late Michael Hicks Beach, esq. of Williamstrip Park. At North Muskham, the Rev. Salusbury Humphreys, of Weedon-lodge, Bucks, eldest son of the late Rear-Adm. Sir Salusbury P. Humphreys, (afterwards Davenport,) to Martha, eldest dau. of John Handley, esq. of Muskham-grange, Notts.At Norwich, the Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth, A. B. Curate of Banningham, only son of the Rev. Edward Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, Herts, to Rosa, third dau. of Samuel Bignold, esq. of Surreystreet. At Morton, Andrew Fountaine, esq. of Narford Hall, Norfolk, to Caroline, fourth dau. of T. Trench Berney, esq. of Morton Hall.

At Great Stainbridge, Essex, Gilbert Henderson, esq. Recorder of Liverpool, to Frances, third dau. of the Rev. Edmund H. Penny, Rector of Great Stainbridge.--At Topsham, the Rev. F. H. A. Wright, Vicar of St. Stythians, Cornwall, to Martha, only dau. of Henry Brand, esq.At Hackney, Dennis, De Berdt Hovell, esq. of Clapton, to Mary, dau. of A. De Horne, esq. of Lexden, Essex, and Homerton.--At St. George's Bloomsbury, the Rev. Edmund Turberville Williams, M.A. of Exeter coll. Oxford, and Vicar of Caldecot, Monmouthshire, only son of MajorGen. Sir E. K. Williams, K.C.B. to Elizabeth, third dau. of Edward Whitmore, esq.

26. At Wellington, the Rev. T. A. Bowden,

Curate of Brompton, to Caroline-HanrottEmma, fourth dau. of Benj. Treacher, esq. of Wellington.

29. At Paddington, John Buckmaster, esq. of Westbourne Grove, to Jane-Ellen, eldest dau, of C. P. Allen, esq. of Hamilton-ter. St. John's Wood.-At St. Mary's Bryanston-sq. Thomas Scott, esq. of Shepperton, to AnneHenrietta, dau. of James St. Aubyn, esq. of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall.- -At St. George's Bloomsbury, Campbell James Downer, esq. to Sophia-Mary-Denne, youngest dau. of the late James Atkinsen, esq. of Russell-sq.

March 1. At Burnham, Bucks, George Henry May, esq. of Heavitree, to Mary-GraceSeward, eldest dau. of W. Robarts, esq. of Burnham.-At Bawdrip, Bridgwater, the Rev. Thomas Coombe, junr. Curate of Brighton, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Coombe, Rector of Girton, Cambridge, to Mary-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late Rev. William Henry George, Rector of Spaxton, Som.Robert Bird, esq. of Taplow, to Henrietta, third dau. of the late Pascoe Grenfell, esq.At Salisbury, Capt. George Cubitt, of the 9th Regt. of Foot, to Julia-Lucy, dau. of the late Rev. Mr. White, of Jewry-st.-At Waltham Abbey, Essex, Pender Grant, esq. Deputy Ordnance Storekeeper, second son of Col. Grant, Commanding Royal Art. Leith Fort, N. B. to Eliza, youngest dau. of James Wright, esq.At Cheltenham, George F. Richardson, esq. of Letherhead, Surrey, and Willoughbyhouse, Cheltenham, to Louisa, daughter of Matthew O'Brien, late of Newcastle, in the co. Limerick--At Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight, Edward Blaker, esq. jun. of Portslade, to Ellen, 2d dau. of the late Thomas Isaacson, esq. of Brighton.-At Tooting, J. Hardcastle, esq. of Blidworth-dale, Notts, to MaryFrances, eldest dau. of J. Laton, esq. of the Grove, Tooting. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Andrew Ramsay Campbell, Perpetual Curate of Tandridge, Surrey, youngest son of the late Sir Archibald Campbell, of Succoth, Bart. to Mary-Elphinstone-Charlotte, fourth dau. of the late J. A. Thompson, esq. of Charlton.At Chester, the Rev. Charles W. Wynne Eyton, Rector of Worthenbury, Flintshire, to Philadelphia-Frances-Esther, widow of the Rev. E. W. Barnard, of Brantingham Thorpe, Yorkshire, and dau. of the late Ven. Archdeacon Wrangham. At Walton-le-Dale, Phillips Buchanan, esq. eldest son of the Rev. A. H. Buchanan, M.A. of Hales, Staff. to LouisaLucy, youngest dau. of R. T. Parker, esq. of Cuerden Hall, Lanc-At Sampford Peverell, Alfred-Augustus Chapman, esq. of H.M. 48th Regt. to Antonia-Maria, eldest dau. of the Rev. Dr. Boulton, Rector of Sampford Peverell.At Southampton, Joseph Tromperant Potts, esq. of Dublin, to Mary, relict of the Rev. J. H. Potts, and on ly dau. of the late Rev. John Beresford Hill, Londonderry.-At Lincoln, Maurice Johnson, esq. of Ayscough Fee Hall, Spalding, to Isabella-Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Swan, esq. of Lincoln.-At Bedale, Yorkshire, Henry W. de la Poer Beresford, esq. son of the late Adm. Sir John P. Beresford, Bart. to Henrietta-Anne-Theodosia, only dau. of the late Hon. and Rev. Thomas Monson.

3. At Clifton, Rev. W. Marsh, D.D. Incumbent of St. Mary's Leamington, to the Hon. Louisa H. Powys, youngest dau. of the first Lord Lilford.

4. At St. Mary's, Lambeth, Charles Nelson Wilkinson, esq. assistant surgeon R.N. and of Greenwich Hospital, second son of the late James Wilkinson, esq. R.N. of Malta, to Ann, youngest dau. of the late Richard Rawes, esq. of Stratford Grove, Essex.

CHRISTIAN VIII. KING OF DENMARK. Jan. 20. At Copenhagen, in his 62nd year, His Majesty Christian Frederick VIII. King of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenberg, Sovereign of the Order of the Elephant, &c. &c.

He was born Sept. 18, 1786, the eldest son of the Prince Frederick, half-brother of Christian VII. and the Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. His father died in 1805. He was proclaimed King of Norway May 19, 1814, but abdicated that throne on the 15th Aug. in the same year. He succeeded to the throne of Denmark Dec. 3, 1839, on the death of his cousin King Frederick VI.

His predecessor was a popular monarch, who had, by succesive acts in 1831 and 1834, established estates, or representative assemblies, in the several provinces of the Danish kingdom: and in these the liberal party went on each year demanding and obtaining fresh concessions.

Christian ascended the throne with a high character. He had stood up for the independence of Norway against Sweden, had granted that country a constitution, and flung himself among its people, and been elected by them a monarch. Though he submitted to the desires of the Congress of Vienna, he still had given proofs of merit and hardihood.

To this Christian joined marked taste for literature and the fine arts. He had lived for a long time at Rome, and in habits of intimacy with Thorwaldsen. Andersen bears witness that literature and its professors equally attracted his veneration; and the natural bent of his mind was towards moderation. There is some resemblance between his life and that of the present King of Bavaria. Both lived as Princes at Rome, both attached to the fine arts, to literature, and to liberal ideas. Yet both were alarmed on ascending the throne at the clamorous demands of the liberals, and both ended by aisappointing them. The King of Denmark did not, however, go the lengths of the monarch of Bavaria. And indeed any liberal progress in Denmark was soon cut short by the divisions and jealousies between the German and Danish parties in the duchies, but especially in that of Schleswig. On one occasion the great dispute was, what language should prevail. Frederick VI. had favoured the Danish, and now the Germans sought to forbid the Danish altogether. The good king, on the question being referred to him, decided that each GENT. MAG, VOL. XXIX.

member should speak in the tongue which he knew best-a decision that was considered very pusillanimous and gave general dissatisfaction.

A more serious subject of discussion arose in 1842, and gave rise to much heat in 1844, viz. the right of succession. As the throne of Denmark passed to female heirs, and as Holstein was a male fief, the question was, how should the succession be regulated, both with respect to Schles. wig and to Holstein? At length the King came forward in 1846, and by letters patent made the singularly modest declaration that Schleswig must remain indubitably attached to the Danish monarchy, but that, as to Holstein, the right of succession was doubtful. This very humble and almost unkingly concesssion, instead of being met with respect by the Holsteiners, excited their utmost indignation. They did not wish to have their fates separated from that of Schleswig, and their remon strances were loud; so much so, that King Christian was disgusted with forming projects for preserving intact the present empire of Denmark. To this policy his successor, Frederick VII. is considered to be peculiarly attached.

Christian married first, June 11, 1806, his cousin, the Princess Charlotte-Frederica, daughter of Frederick Francis, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who died in 1812; secondly, May 22, 1815, the Princess Caroline-Amelia, daughter of the late Duke Frederick Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg-Augustenburg. The queer survives him.

By the former marriage he had issue his son and successor, Frederick Charles Christian, born in 1808, now Frederick VII. who married first in 1828 the Princess Wilhelmina-Mary of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick VI. from whom he was divorced in 1837; secondly, in 1841, the Princess Caroline - Charlotte - Marianne, daughter of the Grand Duke George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, from whom also he was divorced in 1846. Having no issue by either marriage, His Majesty has nominated as his heir his uncle Prince Frederick Ferdinand, who married Caroline, Princess Royal of Denmark, the elder daughter of King Frederick VI. but who is also without children. Should neither the King nor Prince Ferdinand have issue, the crown will pass to Prince Frederick of HessePhilippsthal Barchfeld, nephew to the late King, and who married a daughter of the Emperor Nicholas, since deceased.

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MOST REV. WILLIAM HOWLEY, D.D.

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

Feb. 11. At Lambeth Palace, within one day of completing his 83d year, the Most Rev. William Howley, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, a Privy Councillor and Lord of Trade and Plantations, a Commissioner for Building Churches, an official Trustee of the Pritish Museum, a Governor of the Charter House, and Visitor of All Souls', Baliol, and Merton Colleges, Oxford, and of King's College, London, F.R.S. and F.S.A.

Dr. Howley was born at Ropley near Alresford in Hampshire on the 12th Feb. 1765, and was the only son of the Rev. William Howley, D.D. Vicar of Bishop's Sutton and Ropley. He was educated at Winchester school, where his master was Dr. Warton, and his class-fellow and companion was the poet William Lisle Bowles, who survives him, though labouring for many years under impaired health. Whilst at Winchester, Howley gained two prizes for English verses, given by Lord Rivers. The first was in 1782, the subject, "The altar-piece in Winchester Cathedral," a picture of the Resurrection of Lazarus by West; the second in 1783, On the Earthquake in Sicily. Both these poems were elegant compositions; but they have never, we believe, been printed.

In 1783 he proceeded as a scholar to New College, Oxford, where in 1785 he was elected Fellow. He graduated as B.A. in 1787, and M.A. in 1791. In 1794 he was elected a Fellow of Winchester college; and in 1804 he was appointed a Canon of Christ Church. In 1805 he proceeded to the degrees of B. and D.D. In 1809 he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity, on the promotion of Dr. Hall to the deanery of Christ Church.

Dr. Howley was tutor at Oxford to the Prince of Orange, now King of Holland, and to the present Marquess of Abercorn.

In 1813 he was nominated Bishop of London, and consecrated at Lambeth Palace on the 10th of October. It so happened that Queen Charlotte, though upwards of 70 years of age, had never witnessed the consecration of a bishop, and her Majesty, accompanied by two of the Princesses, was present at this ceremony. In the following year the new bishop made his primary visitation; and the charge which he delivered on that occa sion was afterwards published, at the request of the learned and reverend body to whom it had been addressed. It was written with moderation, but with too much ability not to produce some excitement in one or two quarters, especially

amongst the Unitarians, whom he described as "loving to question rather than learn." Their great champion, Mr. Belsham, attacked the diocesan of London with at least as much zeal as power; and accused him of enforcing the slavish doctrines of Popery rather than the free and inquiring spirit of Protestantism. Bishop Howley, in reply, succeeded in proving that one of the first duties of a Christian is to "approach the oracles of Divine truth with that humble docility, that prostration of the understanding and the will," which the great theologians of every age and almost of every Christian church have earnestly inculcated.

Fifteen years of successful administration in the see of London having attested at once the prudence and piety, the mild firmness and regulated energy of Bishop Howley, on the death of Archbishop Manners Sutton he was translated to the primacy, in the year 1828. The Duke of Wellington was then prime minister, and the independence of political considerations with which the Archbishop had received his promotion was fully proved by the part which he shortly after took against the grand measure of that administration, the concession of the claims of the Roman Catholics. When the second reading of the Relief Bill of 1829 was proposed in the House of Lords, the Archbishop of Canterbury moved the amendment that it should be read a second time that day six months. Such a step might by some be called personally and politically ungrateful; but our primate said that at his consecration he had sworn to stand by the Church of England. His post as ecclesiastical leader required that he should exalt his "mitred front in courts and parliaments," indifferent to the power of minister or monarch. Respectful towards both, but now fearless of either, he denounced the measures of the government as irreligious and revolutionary. Archbishop Howley considered in 1829, and again in 1831, that the Church and Constitution were in imminent danger, and he struggled first against emancipation, and secondly against parliamentary reform.

Though he never remained silent in the House of Peers when it really formed any part of his duty to make known his sentiments, yet he was neither a frequent nor an effective speaker; but he uniformly brought to bear upon every debate in which he took part a competent acquaintance with the subject under discussion, an impartial spirit, and a flow of genuine good feeling which rarely failed to make an im. pression on his auditory. Neither in the House of Lords or elsewhere, however, was it considered that the art of speech