May 12. In Belgrave-sq. Lady Cecilia Des Voeux, a son. 14. At Shide-hill, Isle of Wight, the wife of Lieut.-Col. E. Napier, a dau.-15. At Holgate Lodge, near York, the wife of Henry Constable Maxwell, esq. a dau.

-16. At Taliaris, Carmarthenshire, the wife of Wm. Peel, esq. a son.-At Codicote Lodge, Lady Emily Cavendish, a dau.-17. At Dresden, the wife of Lewis Knight Bruce, esq. a dau.-25. The wife of Edward Masterman, esq. a son.In Grosvenor-sq. the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Duncombe, a son.-At Hartley Rectory, Hants, the wife of the Rev. John Taylor Plummer, a son. At Leintwardine, Heref. the wife of Lieut.-Col. John Colvin, C.B. a dau.-26. In Berkeley-sq. Lady Sarah Lindsay, a dau.-In Chesham-st. Lady Rose Lovell, a son.-27. At Slough, Bucks, the wife of W. U. Buée, esq. a dau.At Hampstead, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Saunders, of the Charterhouse, a dau.-At Cluny Castle, N.B. the wife of Cluny Macpherson, a dau.-The wife of Sir Henry Durrant, Bart. of Scottow Hall, a dau.-29. In Regent-st. Mrs. John Beaumont, a son.At Kensington, the wife of the Rev. J. W. Sheringham, a son.- -31. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. Dalrymple, a son.

Lately. At Hyde-park-gate, the Hon. Mrs. H. Turner, a dau.In Belgrave-sq. the Hon. Mrs. Fellowes, a son and heir. -In Belgravesq. Lady Louisa Oswald, a son.

June 1. At Birkenhead, the wife of Dr. Scholefield, a dau.-4. At Cyfarthfa Castle, the wife of Robt. Thompson Crawshay, esq. a dau.-In Devonshire-pl. the wife of Sir John Anson, Bart. a dau.--In Devonshire-st. the wife of C. C. Crespigny, esq. a son.--At Brighton, Lady Parish, a son.-5. At Wind sor, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Moncrieff, Scots Fusilier Guards, twin daughters.-8. At Hall Place, Berks, the wife of H. C. Morgan, esq. King's Dragoon Guards, a son.-9. At Blackheath Park, Mrs. George Robert Stephenson, a son.--At Porters, near Barnet, the wife of Samuel Clarke Jervoise, esq. a dau.--14. At Lord Denman's, Portland-pl. the Hon. Mrs. John Beresford, a dau.-16. InLowndes

st. Lady Brackenbury, a son.-19. At Castle Strathallan, Perthshire, the Hon. Mrs. Edmund Drummond, a dau.-At Greenwich, Lady Pell, a dau.--20. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. A. Cheape, a dau.-23. At East Sheen, the wife of F. Ommanney, esq. a son.

MARRIAGES.

March 21. At Jessore, Bengal, Geo. Noble Cave, Lieut. 21st. N.I. eldest son of George Cave, esq. of Hilston House, Monm. to Matilda, dau. of the late C. W. Chambers, esq. and niece of the late Capt. Chambers, R.N.

April 10. At Madras, Lieut. John B. Knocker, 40th N.I. eldest son of J. B. Knocker. esq. of Dover, to Catharine-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Major F. Mainwarring, 51st regt.

15. At Demerara, William Henry Holmes, esq. son of the late Alex. Holmes, esq. of Athgarven, co. of Kildare, to Elizabeth-Georgiana, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Light, K.C.B. Governor of British Guiana.

May 2. At Eccles, Lanc. Henry Back, esq. of Hethersett, Norfolk, and of Woodmansterne, Surrey, to Annie, eldest dau. of Robt. Gardner, esq. of Chaseley, near Manchester.--At Oxford, the Rev. John Coldridge, Incumbent of St. John's, Kingston-on-Thames, to Eliza, second dau. of the Rev. John Hill, Vice-Principal of St. Edmund Hall.--At St. George's Hanover-sq. Viscount Nevill, eldest son of the Earl of Abergavenny, to Caroline, dau. of Sir John V. B. Johnstone, Bart. of Hackness Hall, Yorksh. At Norwich, the Rev. T. Romaine Govett, Curate of Edge Hill, Liverpool, third son of the Rev. Robt. Govett, Vicar of Staines, to Sarah-Frances, second dau. of Samuel Bignold, esq. of Norwich.At St. Pancras, John Hussey Kemp, esq. of Camden-road Villas, to Miss Fuller, elder dau. of Mrs. Kemp, of Tonbridge-place, New-road.At St. George's Hanover-sq. Robert Pollock, esq. second son of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron, to Julia, fifth dau. of the late Rev. J. C. Clements, of Lower Clapton.-At St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Robert Bruce, Grenadier Guards, to Katherine-Mary, second dau. of the late Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. At St. Marylebone, Josiah Tippetts Paul, esq. of Tetbury, Glouc. to Mary-AnneJane, younger dau. of the late Henry White, esq. of the same place.--Thomas Kemm, esq. of Avebury, Wilts, to Matilda-Everdell, only child of the late Cornelius Canning, esq. of Ogbourn St. George.At Brighton, the Rev. Geo. Kenrick, of Regent-sq. London, to Sarah, youngest sister of G. S. Walters, esq. of Artillery-place, Finsbury-sq.-At Biggleswade, James Smyth, jun. esq. of Wallington Bury, Herts, to Mary-Ann, youngest dau. of the late Charles Nash, esq.At Rowley, Staff. the Rev. W. A. Newman, M.A. Chaplain of Cape Town, to Elizabeth, only dau. of the late John Beet, esq. of Rowley Hall.-At Maker, Devon. Fredk. Row, M.D. of Devonport, to Caroline, youngest dau. of the late Richard Everard, esq. of Spalding.At Bisley, the Rev. Richard Champernowne, of Darlington, to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Keble, Vicar of Bisley.At Exeter, Alfred Hanson, esq. Barrister-at-law, to Frances-Harriot, eldest dau. of the late Rev. John Clarke, Rector of Clayhidon.

3. At Plymouth, the Rev. Thomas Coulthard, M.A. Čurate of Highworth, Wilts, second son of James B. Coulthard, esq. of Binstead Hill, Hants, to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the Rev. John Hatchard, Vicar of St. Andrew's Plymouth. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. James Townsend Oswald, esq. of Dunnikier, Fifeshire, to Ellen-Octavia, dau. of the late P. J. Miles, esq. of Leigh Court, Som.-At St. Margaret's Westminster, Henry Minchin

Pigou, esq. of Broadleaze, Wilts, to Elizabeth, only dau. of the late Wm. Henry Pigou, esq. of Bath.-At Birdham, near Chichester, Jas. King Sampson, esq. surgeon, of Southampton, to Sarah-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the Rev. H. J. C. Blake, Curate of Birdham, and late Fellow of King's college, Camb.-At Ottenden, Kent, Capt. J. A. Baldwin, second son of the late William Baldwin, esq. of Stede Hill, in Kent, to Mary, eldest dau. of the Rev. G. D. Goodyer, Rector of Ottenden.--At Milford, Surrey, Alfred Mellersh, esq. of Godalming, to Sarah Anne Charlotte, eldest dau. of Thomas Holland, esq. of Milford.At Toxteth Park, Frederick, youngest son of William M'Murdo Duncan, esq. of the Villa, Park-rd. to SabrinaMary, eldest dau. of William Claxton, esq. of South-hill Grove. At Lewes, Henry Verrall, esq. solicitor, Brighton, to Anne-Webb, only child of J. W. Woollgar, esq. of Lewes.

4. At Whiteparish, the Rev. Henry Blackstone Williams, only son of the Rev. the Warden of New College, Oxford, to Catherine-Eyre, eldest dau. of George Matcham, esq. of Newhouse, Wilts.-At West Felton, Salop, the Rev. George Streynsham Master, Incumbent of Welsh Hampton, to Harriet-Susannah-Ann, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Hunt, Rector of West Felton.--At Romsey, Henry Richd. eldest son of the late Henry Richard Graveley, esq. of Nursling, to Ann, youngest dau. of the late Haddon Figes, esq.--At Northam, Devon, the Rev. H. S. Pinder, Rector of Bratton Fleming, Devon, to Marie-Marianne, third dau. of James Gould, esq. of Knapp, near Bideford. --At St. Marylebone, John Clark, of Hessle Park, Yorkshire, esq. to Sarah, widow of John Stephens, of Yealmpton, Devon, esq.-At St. John's, Oxford-sq. Thomas Chas. A. Brine, esq. of Wimborne, Dorset, to Mary Cockram, eldest dau. of the late W. Adey, esq. of Longfleet, Poole.--At Ryde, Fredk.-Smith, third son of Sir Charles Dodsworth, Bart. of Thornton and Neirlands, Yorksh. to Jane-Rebecca, second dau. of the late John Young, of Westridge, Isle of Wight, esq.- -At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. James Haggard, esq. younger son of the late Wm. Haggard, esq. of Bradenham Hall, Norf. to Caroline, younger dau. of Bazett Doveton, esq. of Gloucester-pl.-At Stoneleigh, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Pitt Cholmondeley, youngest son of Lord Delamere, to the Hon. Mary Leigh, dau. of Lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey.- -At Exeter, G. O. Tugwell, esq. of Crowe Hall, near Bath, to Virginia-Arnold, dau. of the late Major-Gen. Geo. Mackie, C.B.-At Todmorden, Henry, second son of John Brocklehurst, esq. M.P. of Hurdsfield House, Cheshire, to Ann, second dau. of John Fielden, esq. late M.P. for Oldham.At Market Bosworth, Valentine Vickers, esq. of Ellerton Grange, Staff. to Julia, second dau. of the late Edward Whitby, esq. of Osbaston Lodge, Leic.-At Aylsham, Norfolk, Clement Francis, esq. of Camb. to Sarah, only child of R. W. Parmeter, esq.--At Chiswick, the Rev. John Henry Coward, M.A. Minor Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, to Olivia-Maria, second dau. of Capt. Fred. Lewis, R. N. of the Mall, Chiswick, Middlesex.

6. At Camberwell, the Rev. Charles Hartley, B.A. to Hannah, sec. dau. of John Welch, esq. of Rye-lane, Peckham.

8. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Robt. Peel Dawson, esq. late Capt. Gren. Guards, eldest son of the Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, to the Hon. Mary-Elizabeth Brownlow, sister of Lord Lurgan. At St. Giles's, Cripplegate, Edwd. D. Hacon, esq. of Hackney, to Clara, eldest dau. of the Rev. J. L. Turner, of Aske's Hospital, and Lecturer at St. Giles's, Cripplegate.

-At Berwick Bassett, Henry, youngest son of the late John Stratton, esq. of Upavon, to Mary, second dau. of the late John Nalder,

esq. of Manor House, Berwick Bassett, Wilts. At Fredericton, New Brunswick, Frank Wills, esq. architect, late of Exeter, to Emily, dau. of the Ven. Archdeacon Coster.At St. Luke's, King-sq. Samuel Tolfrey, esq. of Oriel college, Oxford, to Amelia, eldest dau. of the late Wm. Chalk, esq. of H.M. Customs, Dover. -At St. Martin's, Charing-cross, Geo. Thirtell, esq. of Flixton, Suffolk, to Harriet, dau. of the late James Jenner, esq. of London.

9. At Camberwell, Thomas James Sturt, M.D. of Maida-hill East, to Ellen, youngest dau. of the late Wm. Pratt, esq. of Brompton.

-At Mayer's Green, West Bromwich, the Rev. Basil Henry Cooper, B.A. Minister of the place, to Sarah-Whitehouse, eldest dau. of Mr. John Phillips, of West Bromwich.--At Brighton, Henry A. Story, esq. Comm. R.N. to Constantia-Catherine-Anne, only dau. of John Round, esq. late M.P. for Maldon. At Kingston, Hants, Comm. Fred. Kemble, R.N. to Georgiana-Eliza, eldest dau. of Lieut.General Sir David Ximenes, K.C.H. of Bear Ash, Berkshire.--At Oxford, Mr. T. Ward, solicitor, of Oxford, to Lydia - Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Alderman Mallam, of the same city.At Bodenham, John Price Williams, esq. barrister-at-law, to ThomasineElizabeth, only child of William Unett, esq. of Venwood.--At Hastings, the Rev. H. S. Foyster, assistant-minister of All Saints' and St. Clement's Hastings, to Mary, dau. of the late George D. Harvey, esq. of Stanmore, Middlesex. -At East Budleigh, the Rev. John Comins, B.A. to Lavinia-Nugent, youngest dau. of the late And. Griffin Coard Tucker, LL.D. late of Ashburton, and niece of Samuel Wood, esq. of Ballstone Lodge, East Budleigh.-At St. George's Bloomsbury, John Cunnington, esq. solicitor, of Braintree, Essex, to AugustaElizabeth, youngest surviving dau. of the late Robt. Fuge, esq. of Plymouth.-At Burtonupon-Stather, Linc. the Rev. G. M. Prettyman, to Lucy-Emily, second dau. of the Rev. C. Sheffield.

10. At Sholden, Kent, the Rev. T. W. Sproule, M.A. of Walcot, Bath, to MargaretEllen, youngest dau. of the late John Banks, esq. of Haling, and granddau. of the late Sir Edward Banks.- At St. Marylebone, Barff Tucker, esq. of Percy-st. Bedford-sq. to the Hon. Frances-Elizabeth-Henley Ongley, dau. of late Lord Ongley.At Islington, Bryan Wm. Morris, esq. son of Rear-Adm. Morris, of the Gores, to Mary-Whitting-Lever, niece of Wm. Whitting, esq. Thorney Abbey, Camb. -At All Saints', St. John's Wood, Angelo T. B. Mott, esq. of Denbigh Lodge, St. John's Wood, to Mary-Harriet, only dau. of the late Thomas Browning, esq. of Enfield.At Sutcombe, Henry A. Vallack, esq. of Great Torrington, to Elizabeth, third dau. of the late Thomas Briggs, esq. of Devonport.-At Sholden, the Rev. T. W. Sproule, of Walcot, Bath, to Margaret-Ellen, youngest dau. of the late J. Banks, esq. of Halling, and grand-dau. of the late Sir Edward Banks.-At St. George's Hanover-sq. Thomas, only son of Thos. Sheppard, of Wappenham, co. Npn. esq. to Louisa, youngest dau. of the late John Barrow, esq. of Davis-st. Berkeley-sq.

11. At Paddington, James William, son of the Rev. R. H. Scott, of Heckfield, Hants, to Mary-Ann, only surviving dau. of the late Digby H. Anstice, esq. of the 53rd Regt. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Hon. John Arbuthnot Keane, Capt. of the Rifle Brigade, second son of the late Lord Keane, the gallant hero of Ghuznee, to MaryJane, youngest dau. of the late Sir Hugh Palliser Palliser, Bart.---At Newbold-upon-Avon, Chas. Evelyn Rowley, Comm. R.N. eldest son of Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart. to Grace-Anna, dau. of J. W. Boughton Leigh, esq. of Brownsover

Hall, Warw.--At Little Portland-st. Chapel, Francis Tagart, esq. of Carlton-hill, St. John's Wood, to Isabella-Firmin-Ongley, youngest dau. of Capt. Ongley Hopson, late 25th Light Drag.--The Rev. George Bullock, Vicar of Aldworth, Berks, to Frances-Church, fourth dau. of the Rev. Charles George, Rector of Wicken, Essex.-At Ipswich, Lieut. Berdoe Amherst Wilkinson, Royal Eng. to Fanny, younger dau. of George Neal, esq. of Ipswich.

-At All Souls', Langham-pl. Hugh Spencer Stanhope, esq. to Amy-Anne, dau. of the late Henry Percy Pulleine, esq. of Crakehall, Yorksh. -At Hammersmith, John Anderson, jun. esq. of Tenby, to Maria-Haslam, only dau. of the late John Wilmot Waterhouse, esq. R.N. of Chiswick Hall and Kingston, Surrey; and at the same time, Wilmot Henry Waterhouse, esq. to Maria-Katharine, second dau. of John Anderson, esq.-At St. Helen's, Chas. Hunt, esq. of Ravenhead House, St. Helen's, to Helen, eldest dau. of the late William Bromilow, esq. of Merton Bank, St. Helen's, Lancashire,

-At

-At Southgate, Middx. Chas. Pilgrim, esq. late of the Scots Greys, to Anna-Maria, only dau. of H. W. Maccaughey, esq.- -At South Hackney, the Rev. W. H. Mountain, Vicar of Hemel Hempstead, Herts, to Mary-Gregory, dau. of the late William Frampton, esq.Brighton, Daniel Spurrell, esq. of Bessingham, Norfolk, to Sarah-Frances, youngest dau. of the late Robert Copeman, esq. of Itteringham. At Earsdon, Northumberland, Wm. Cory, jun. esq. to Hannah, dau. of the late Thomas Taylor, esq. of Cramlington.

13. At Paddington, C. B. Corry, esq. son of the late B. Corry, esq. of Walpole Hall, Norfolk, to Elizabeth, the widow of the Rev. L. G. Newman, of Sudbury, Suffolk. At Maidstone, Jas. Gray Meers, esq. of Chipley Hatch, Kingsnorth, to Mary-Archer, 4th dau. of the late Thos. Sweetlove, esq.

15. At Kingston, the Rev. J. G. Bedford, of Twyford, to Emma, dau. of A. Poulden, esq. solicitor, Union-st. Portsea.

16, At Dublin, John Alexander Mainley Pinniger, esq. only son of Broome Pinniger, esq. of Chippenham, Wilts, to Georgina-Catherine, third dau. of the late Nathaniel Garland, esq. of Michaelstowe Hall, Essex.--At Hereford, the Rev. Richard Lane Freer, B.D. Preb. of Hereford, and Rector of Bishopstone, to Harriet, only surviving dau. of the late Rev. John Clutton, D.D. Čanon of Hereford and Rector of Kinnersley.-At Torquay, Albany Bourchier Savile, esq. of Holne Park, near Ashburton, to Elizabeth-Anna, eldest dau. of Sir Lawrence V. Palk, Bart. of Haldon House, near Exeter.--At Fordingbridge, the Rev. E. Peacock, eldest son of the late Rev. Edward Peacock, of Fifehead House, Dorset, to Eleanor, eldest dau. of Matthias Thos. Hodding, esq. of Fryern Court, Hants, and Salisbury, Wilts.-At Clifton, the Rev. T. F. Salmon, B.A. Perpetual Curate of Blackford, to Elizabeth-Emily, only child of the late John Newport, esq. surgeon, Wells, and granddau. of the late Rev. T. A. Salmon, B.D. Preb. of Wells.

17. At Knightsbridge, Edmund Law, esq. barrister, to Frederica, dau. of the Hon. Chas. Evan Law, M.P. for the University of Cambridge, and Recorder of London.--At Twickenham, George Herbert Cox, esq. of H.M.'s 53d Regt. to Jane, second dau. of the late Thos. Melville, esq. of the Island of St. Vincent.At East Teignmouth, Richard Bright, esq. to Sarah, dau. of the late William Robertson, esq. Assistant Commissary Gen.--At the Friends' meeting-house, Frenchay, Bristol, George Sturge, of New Kent-road, London, to Jane, second dau. of J. P. Sturge, Bristol.

18. At Lakenham, the Rev. James Bradshaw, Incumbent of St. George's, Darlaston, Staff. to Agnes-Theresa, eldest dau. of the

late Wm. Ransom, esq. solicitor, Stowmarket, Suffolk. At Norwich, the Rev. Henry Sy monds, Precentor, to Susanna, only surviving dau. of the Rev. Edward South Thurlow, Canon of Norwich, and Rector of Houghton-leSpring. At Dorking, Henry Bethune, esq. of Brighton, to Caroline, third dau. of the Rev. James Joyce, Vicar of Dorking.-At Cheltenham, William Buchanan, esq. M.D. of Cheshunt, to Sophia, dau. of the late George Gardner, esq. of the Priory, Pendleton, Lancashire. At St. Dominic, Cornwall, Edward Hancock, esq. of Lewanack, to Jessy-Noble, only surviving dau. of the late Capt. George Aldham, R.N. of Panton Lodge, Emsworth, Hants. At St. Mary-le-bone, Campbell De Morgan, esq. of Manchester-st. Manchestersq. to Katherine-Susanna, youngest dau. of the late George Hobson, esq.- -At Abbotts Moreton, Worc. the Rev. H. A. Greene, Vicar of Upton Snodsbury, to Joan, second dau. of the late John Fryer, esq. of Wolverhampton. At Lynn, John May Edwards, esq. of Ingatestone, Essex, nephew of the late MajorGen. Sir John May, K.C.B. to Sarah-Anna, eldest dau. of the late D. S. Balding, esq. of Gaywood, Norfolk.

20. At Tiverton, Geo. Besley, esq. of Bampton, to Maria, only dau. of James Sparkes, esq. Townsend, Tiverton.-At Bath, the Rev. Sidney Amherst Shepherd, M.A. to Maria, relict of William Bryant Allen, esq. late of South Perrott, Dorset.-At Whitelackington, Som. Gilbert Nicholetts, esq. of the Bombay army, eldest son of John Nicholetts, esq. of South Petherton, to Miss Johnson, dau. of the Rev. F. C. Johnson, Vicar of the former place.

22. At Clist Honiton, James Meanley Maunder, esq. of Exeter, to Charlotte-Ann, only dau. of the late John Newbery, esq. of Hayes Barton, in Clist Honiton.-At Hampstead, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, esq. of Chestersq. to Lady Chetwode, relict of Sir John Chetwode, of Oakley, co. Stafford, Bart. and M.P. for Buckingham.-At St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. George Ridout, second son of the Rev. G. Ridout, Vicar of Newland, Monmouth, to Sophia-Louisa, third dau. of the late Thomas Daniell, esq. of Little Berkhampstead, Herts.

23. At Sutterton, Lincolnshire, John Bower, of the Temple, Barrister-at-Law, to Charlotte, youngest dau. of the late Major-Gen. Sir William Nott, G.C.B.- -At Stoke, near Guildford, Randall Bell Curling, esq. of Dover, to Amy, eldest dau. of the late John Andrews, esq. Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard. At Brompton, Charles-Pennell, youngest son of Paul Measor, esq. of Exeter, to Alice-Rosalie, youngest dau. of the late Nathaniel Levien, esq.-At Islington, the Rev. Richard Lea Allnutt, M.A. second son of Henry Allnutt, esq. of Maidstone, to Julia-Harriette, only dau. of the late Rev. Robert Lugger. At Balsall Temple, Warwickshire, Hugh Francis Burman, esq. M.D. of Henley-in-Arden, to Jane-Mashita, third dau. of the late Mr. Couchman, of Balsall Temple. --At St. James's, London, the Rev. William Grice, of Wroxall, Warw. to Henrietta, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Delves Broughton, Bart. of Broughton Hall, Staff.--At Buriton, Chas. Lavington Pannel, esq. of Eaton-sq. to Catherine-Louisa, only dau. of Col. Hugonin, of Nursted House, Hants. At All Souls', Langham-place, Stanley Harris, esq. of Barnet, Herts, solicitor, to Martha Harriet, only child of George Robert Rowe, esq. M.D. of Cavendish-square.

24. At Plympton St. Mary Church, Robert Stephens, esq. son of the late Rev. Darel Stephens, of Trewornan, Cornwall, to Jane-Agnes, second dau. of the Rev. John Smythe, of St. Stephens, Plympton.

LORD RIVERSDALE. April 3. At Lisnegar, co. Cork, aged 73, the Right Hon. William Tonson, second Lord Riversdale of Rathcormac (1783), Colonel of the South Cork Militia.

His lordship was born Dec. 8, 1775, the eldest surviving son of William first Lord Riversdale, by Rose, eldest daughter of James Bernard, esq. of Castle Bernard, sister to the first Earl of Bandon. He succeeded his father on the 4th Dec. 1787. He married, Oct. 21, 1799, the Hon. Charlotte Theodosia St. Leger, sixth daughter of St. Leger first Viscount Doneraile; but had no issue. Her Ladyship survives him.

The peerage has now devolved on his only surviving brother, the Right Rev. Ludlow, Lord Bishop of Killaloe.

LORD ASHBurton.

May 13. At Longleat, the seat of his grandson the Marquess of Bath, aged 73, the Right Hon. Alexander Baring, Baron Ashburton, of Ashburton, co. Devon, a Privy Councillor, a Trustee of the British Museum and of the National Gallery, and D.C.L. Oxon.

Lord Ashburton was the next brother to Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. whose recent decease is noticed in a subsequent page. He was born on the 27th Oct. 1774; and as soon as he had attained the age when he could be launched into the world, he was, according to the excellent practice of the commercial men of London, inducted into the pursuits he was afterwards to elevate, by a course of hard and active servitude as a subordinate. During many years of his early life he was constantly and actively engaged in the service of his "house" in the United States and the Canadas, where he acquired all that spe cial information and general knowledge of business which he afterwards turned to account in the structure and consolidation of his fortune, and ultimately in the political service of his country. In 1798 he married the daughter of William Bingham, esq. of Philadelphia, a member of the Senate of the United States. In 1810, by the death of his father, who was styled by Lord Erskine "the first merchant in the world," Mr. Alexander Baring became the head of the great house of London merchants, Baring Brothers and Co.

It was not until the year 1812 that he entered Parliament, when he was returned to the House of Commons as member for GENT. MAG. VOL. XXX.

Taunton. He continued to represent that place until 1820; after which he sat for Callington, in successive Parliaments, until 1831. In the second Parliament of the latter year he sat for Thetford, but in 1832 he was returned for North Essex.

Lord Ashburton commenced life as a Liberal, and from 1812 to 1831 he earnestly, on all fitting occasions, acted with the Whigs, for the purpose of procuring the removal of those restrictions on commerce which he conceived to be injurious, not merely to the class with which he was identified, but also to the whole community. In this respect he then went even further than those by whom he appeared to be led. But when the Whigs, for the purpose of obtaining a perpetuity of power, introduced a measure of reform more sweeping than any but comparatively a few of their own supporters had contemplated, the instincts of Mr. Baring, as a man of property, and one whose commercial prosperity depended on the stability of institutions, took alarm at the crisis, and led him to apprehend danger. But Mr. Baring was, in one respect, always a Conservative, even when taking the most active part on the side of the opponents of Tory Governments. Whatever might have been his abstract opinion on mere theories of government, he was prepared to insist that there must be in the Executive a power not merely to preserve public order, but also to indicate that amount of prospective legislation which would give security and regularity to the operations of commerce. He was a decided opponent of unnecessary commercial restrictions, and it was more in this respect that he was a supporter of the Whigs before the Reform Bill than that he was generally identified with their policy. For instance, in Nov. 1819, in opposing the address to the Prince Regent on the opening of the session, he said that "it was impossible for rich capitalists to remain in a country exposed to tumultuary meetings. Great numbers of manufacturers had been

But

brought to this country at various times from other countries-some to escape civil and some religious persecutions. there was no persecution so fatal as mob persecution. Every other persecution it was possible to find some means of softening; but mob persecution was unrelenting and implacable. Despotism itself was to be preferred to mob persecution."

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with commerce when they came before Parliament, and his position procured him a deferential hearing even from those who were least disposed to agree with him in his views.

On Sir Robert Peel's return to power, in Dec. 1834, Mr. Baring was placed in the new cabinet as President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint; and a few days before the retirement of his friends from office, he was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Ashburton, by patent dated April, 1835. This title was chosen from its having been borne by the celebrated lawyer, John Dunning, a native of Ashburton, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John Baring, esq. of Larkbear, co. Devon, and aunt to the subject of this memoir.

In the House of Peers Lord Ashburton continued to support the policy of Sir Robert Peel, until the final measure of free trade, to which he was wholly opposed. Yet he had previously opposed the measure which the bill of 1846 was introduced to repeal. It may be imagined that during the interval he had ceased to be a mere commercial man, and had begun to regard with more concern his position as a peer and a landowner.

In the year 1842, Lord Ashburton was nominated by Sir Robert Peel as a special commissioner to settle the disputes which then threatened to involve us in a war with America. This was the fitting reward of a long life of commercial integrity. A more brilliant compliment could not have been paid to the person selected, nor could a selection have been made more advantageous to his country. It is almost needless to say that his mission-owing chiefly to his personal influence-was eminently successful.

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A warm tribute to the merits of Lord Ashburton was paid by Lord Stanley in the House of Peers, on moving that Lord Redesdale should be nominated as his successor in the banking committee. said:" My Lords, I must on this occasion advert to the great and severe loss which this committee and your Lordships' House have sustained by the death of my noble friend Lord Ashburton. Although my noble friend had arrived at that time of life when it was not reasonable to expect that his life would be protracted to any lengthened period, yet those members of your Lordships' House who have been serving on this committee have had the opportunity of observing and noticing how entirely unclouded was the power of his intellect, how clear was his mind, and how valuable were the experience and information which he brought to bear upon the very important subject which occupied his

anxious attention even to the last week or fortnight of his life. I am sure that, although my late noble friend was not a frequent speaker or debater in this House, yet those of your Lordships who had the opportunity of seeing him and knowing him must be well aware, and will appreciate with me, of how much greater value and importance than could have been the powers of the highest eloquence were the clear and impartial judgment and the candid spirit which he brought to bear upon every subject, and that wide practical experience which he possessed, more especially upon commercial matters, which imparted to all his opinions the highest authority. I am sure I may add that that general amiability, that uniform courtesy and kindness, not only of mind but of manner and heart, which characterized my noble friend, must have rendered it impossible that he should have left behind him a single enemy, personal or political. Those who were admitted to the honour of his private friendship will feel more than others the loss which the country has sustained, a loss which will be long felt by all who knew how to value his high qualities, his private worth, and public honour. The Marquess of Lansdowne and Lord Brougham severally confirmed the justice of this eulogy.

Lord Ashburton was a trustee of the National Gallery as well as of the British Museum. During a long life devoted to activity, both mercantile and senatorial, he found leisure to cultivate the fine arts, and was one of their best patrons. Besides the encouragement he gave to modern art, he formed a collection of ancient pictures unsurpassed for the judgment displayed in their acquirement, or the princely liberality with which he obtained them.

As already mentioned, Lord Ashburton married, in 1798, Anne-Louisa, eldest daughter of William Bingham, esq. of Philadelphia, and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue five sons and four daughters: viz. 1. the Right Hon. William-Bingham now Lord Ashburton; 2. the Hon. Francis Baring, formerly M.P. for Thetford, who married, in 1833, ClaireHortense, daughter of Hughes Bernard Maret, late Duc de Bassano in France, and has issue; 3. the late Anne-Eugenia, married in 1823 to Humphrey St. John Mildmay, esq. and died in 1839; 4. the Most Hon. Harriet dowager Marchioness of Bath, married in 1830 to Lord John Alexander Thynne, who, by the death of his elder brother, became Viscount Weymouth in Jan. 1837, and Marquess of Bath on his father's death in the following March, but died himself before three months had elapsed, leaving issue two