PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. May 19. South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, the Earl of Verulam to be Lieut.-Colonel; the Marquess of Salisbury to be Major. May 22. Vice-Adm. the Earl of Dundonald to be G.C.B.; Lieut.-Col. C. W. M. Balders, 3d Drag. and Lieut.-Col. George Congreve, 29th Foot, to be Companions of the Bath.Edward Kelly, esq. Lieut. R.N. to be Harbour Master for Mauritius. - Royal Cumberland Militia, J. K. Wilson, esq. to be Lieut.-Colonel. May 28. 87th Foot, brevet Major J. Campbell to be Major.-Staff, Major F.H. Robe, 87th Foot, to be Deputy Quartermaster-Gen. at Mauritius, with the rank of Lieut.-Col.-Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, Sir G. Musgrave, Bart. to be Major.-Montgomerysh. Yeomanry Cav. Major-Gen. H. A. Proctor to be Lieut.-Colonel (supernumerary, without pay); Capt. P. B. Williames to be Major. May 28. The Duke of Northumberland to be Constable of the Castle of Launceston. May 31. John Wm. Birch, esq. of Henley Park, co. Oxf. Clerk Assistant of the Parliaments, fourth but now second surviving son of the late George Birch, of St. Leonard's Hill, Berks, esq. by Mary, dau. of Thos. Newell, of Henley-on-Thames, esq. and niece of Wm. Newell, of Adwell, co. Oxf. clerk, to take the name of Newell before Birch, and bear the arms of Newell in the second quarter.-Edward St. John Neale, esq. (Vice-Consul at Alexandretta), to be Consul at Varna. June 4. Brevet, Capt. C. K. Macdonald, 1st Life Guards, and Capt. G. Johnston, of the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Majors in the Army. June 7. John Morgan, esq. to be Consul at Rio Grande do Sul; Assaad Jacop Kayat, esq. to be Consul at Jaffa.-Royal Artillery, brevet Major T. O. Cater to be Lieut.-Colonel. June 8. Charles Anderson, esq. to be Chief Commissary of Police for Mauritius, and T. J. Hugon, esq. to be Protector of Immigrants into that island. June 11. Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, Knt. (Lieut.-Governor of the eastern districts of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope) to be Lieut.-Governor of South Australia.-Coldstream Guards, brevet Major Lieut. and Capt. J. L. Elrington to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel.-85th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. W. Guise, Bart, and K.C.B. to be Colonel.-Brevet, brevet Lieut.-Col. M. Close, of 79th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army.-Warwickshire Militia, Major J. M. Boultbee to be Lieut.-Colonel. June 17. Major-Gen. Sir George Arthur, Bart. K.C.H. sworn of the Privy Council. June 18. Rear-Adm. Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. to accept the insignia of the grand cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword, conferred by her Majesty the Queen of Portugal while in her Most Faithful Majesty's actual service; the cross of a Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa of Austria; the cross of the third class of the Order of St. George of Russia; and the insignia of the second class of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, which their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia have been severally pleased to confer upon him, in testimony of their Majesties' approbation of his distinguished services in the late naval operations on the coast of Syria. June 19. James Earl of Elgin and Kincardine and John Earl of Stair, knighted by letters patent. June 22. Brevet, brevet Major G. Gibson, 92d Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army; Capt. J. L. Nixon, 1st West India Regt. to be Maj. in the Army.- Ralph Hutchinson, of Muston, co. York, gent. youngest son of the William Hutchinson of Hunmanby, by Ann, sister of the late Christ Russell, of Muston, gent. to take the name of Russell after his present name. June 25. 66th Foot, Capt. C. E. Michel to be Major.-Unattached, brevet Lieut.-Col. T. L. Goldie, from 66th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel. -Hospital Staff, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals H. Franklin to be Inspector-General of Hospitals; Deputy Inspector-General, with local rank, J. Kinnis, M.D. to be Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals; Staff Surgeon_of the First Class A. Fergusson, M.D. to be Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals, with local rank.-Brevet, Capt. T. P. Vandeleur, 3d West India Regt. and Capt. W. Colt, 30th Foot, to be Majors in the Army. Member returned to serve in Parliament. Derby.-Hon. Fred. Leveson Gower. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. G. H. Bowers, to be Dean of Manchester. Rev. J. Kincaid, Drumholme V. and Preb. diocese of Raphoe. Rev. G. Trevor, to be a Canon of York. Rev. G. L. Alsopp, St. Margaret's, Ilketshall Rev. W. H. Anderson, St. Margaret's V. Leic. Rev. E. Forbes, St. George, Douglas P.C. Isle of Man. Rev. T. V. Fosbery, Sunningdale P.C. Berks. Rev. H. Gibbes, All Saints', Sidmouth P.C. Devon. Rev. G. C. Gorham, Brampford Speke V.Devon. Rev. H. E. Havergal, Cople V. Bedford. Rev. C. E. Marsh, Sall R. Norfolk. Rev. E. C. Philpotts, Lezant R. Cornwall. Rev. T. F. Salmon, Blackford P.C. Somerset. Rev. S. L. Warner, St. Mary, Bredin V. Canterbury. Rev. R. Willan, St. Mary, Barnsley P.C.Yorksh. Rev. W. M. Williams, Lyswen R. Brecknock. Rev. W. Williams, Gwanddwe P.C. Brecknock. Rev. C. B. Wollaston, Felpham V. Sussex. CHAPLAINS. Rev. R. Harvey, Hon. and Rev. A. F. Phipps, Rev. W. Cureton, Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, Rev. W. J. Broderick, Hon. and Rev. R. Boyle, and Rev. J.Jackson, to her Majesty. Rev. R. L. Brown, to the Marq. of Downshire. Rev. E. T. Gregory, to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Rev. W. Hope, to Earl Ferrers. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. Rev. J. H. Brown, to be Head Master of the Grammar School at East Retford, Notts. Dr. William B. Carpenter, late of Bristol, to be Lecturer of Geology on the foundation of Dr. George Swiney (appointed by the Trustees of the British Museum). Rev. M. Cockerton, to be Head Master of the Dronfield Grammar School. Rev. J. C. Colson, to be Head Master of Tavistock Grammar School. Rev. S. Kingsford, to be Head Master of the Grammar School, Feversham, Kent. BIRTHS. At May 16. At Bath, the wife of Robert Cruttwell, esq. of a son.-17. At Rose-hill, Caversham, Oxon, the wife of Capt. Frederick Cleaveland, R.H.A. a son.At Paris, the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Kerr, a dau.-In Great Stanhope-st. Mayfair, the Hon. Mrs. E. Wyatt Edgell, a son.-18. At Queen's-square-place, Lady Sophia Hoare, a son.-19. The Marchioness of Worcester, a son and heir, Earl of Glamorgan.-20. In Connaught-place, the Marchioness of Douglas, a son.--21. Brighton, the wife of J. Y. Vernon Shaw, esq. of Portland-house, Ryde, Isle of Wight, a son.-24. Lady Rivers, a dau.-At 15, Eaton-place, Belgrave-sq. the wife of John Farquhar Fraser, esq. a dau.-In Hill-st. the Hon. Mrs. Robert Boyle, a dau.--26. The wife of Henry Masterman, esq. a son.-27. In Downing-st. the Lady Mary Wood, a dau.--At Hendon, the Countess of Kerry, a dau. At Cambridge-sq. Hyde-park, London, the wife of Dr. James Bright, a dau. -29. At Kentish-town, the wife of the Rev. John Jackson, rector of St. James's, Westminster, a dau.-The wife of Francis Heathcote, esq. a dau.-30. At Norland-sq. Notting-hill, the wife of Comyns Rowland Berkeley, esq. a son.The wife of W. B. Towse, esq. of Fishmongers'-hall, a dau.-31. Hyde-park-place, the wife of John Laurie, esq. a son. In Lately. At Folkestone, the Hon. Mrs. By ron Cary, a son.- -In Ireland, Lady Georgiana Croker, a son.In Dublin, Lady Langford, a dau. June 1. At No. 9, Lowndes-st, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Baillie, a dau.--2. At Edinburgh, Lady Anne Charteris, a son.-3. At the rectory, St. Mary-at-hill, the wife of the Rev. J. C. Crosthwaite, a dau.-4. At Montagu-pl. Bryanston-sq. the wife of H. P. Gipps, esq. a son.-5. At 1, Parliament-st. the wife of Alexander John Sutherland, M.D. a son. --The Viscountess Barrington, a son.-6. At Wirksworth, the wife of A. Arkwright, esq. a dau.-7. At Gravesend House, Torpoint, the Right Hon. Lady Graves, a son.-12. In Carlton-terr. Lady Lyttelton, a son.-13. At 13, Cavendish-sq. the wife of Edward Marjoribanks, jun. esq. a son.——15. At 8, Belgrave-square, the Viscountess Downe, a son. At 40, Eaton-square, the wife of Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, a dau.-20. At the School. house, Rugby, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Tait, a dau.-22. In Belgrave-sq. her Grace the Duchess of Montrose, a son and heir. MARRIAGES. Jan. 28. At Valparaiso, 'Algernon Stewart Austen, esq. R.N. First Lieut. of H.M. ship Carysfort, third son of Sir Henry Austen, of Shelford House, Guildford, to Louise-Ellen, eldest dau. of Frederic William Schwager, esq. of the said place. Feb. 4. At Singapore, Wm. Traill, esq. M.D. Madras Service, to Emma, second dau. of James Harvey, esq. of Bullige House, near Chippenham. March 11. At Subathoo, N. W. Provinces, Alexander Fraser, esq. Lieut. and Adjt. of the Bengal Eng. third surviving son of the late James Fraser, esq. of Exeter, to Caroline-Rosetta, dau. of the late Beaumont Small, esq. Bengal Med. Service, and step-dau. of Lieut.. Col. Frushard, 2nd Bengal European Infantry. April 3. At Portsea, Arthur Adams, esq. surgeon, R.N. of the parish of Saint Pancras, Middlesex, to Mary, dau. of Capt. Robert Wilcox, R.N. of Southsea, near Portsmouth. 6. William Lucy Howard, esq. second son of George Howard, esq. of Netlas House, Herts, to Anne-Diana, only dau. of William Spinks, esq. of Carleton Rode. 8. At Fakenham, the Rev. Ralph Kinder, Incumbent of Lumb, Rossendale, Lancash. to Annette-Sophia, youngest dau. of Mr. Humphrey Herring, and granddau. of the late Rev. Thomas Herring, Rector of North Elmham. 9. At St. Leonard's-on-Sea, the Rev. George Edward Tate, M.A. to Matilda, eldest dau. of the late Daniel Maude, esq. of Middlewood Hall, Yorkshire. 13. At Antony, Cornwall, Edward Cecil Bishopp, esq. youngest son of the late Very Rev. Sir George Bishopp, Bart. Dean of Lismore, to Mary, only dau, of Rear-Adm. Taylor, of the Brazilian Navy, and niece of Lady Hillyar, Tor House, Torpoint.-At Strabane, the Rev. John Maguire, Vicar of Boyle, Roscommon, and Preb. of Kilcooly, to Anne-Jane, third dau. of John Humphreys, esq. of Miltown House, in the county of Tyrone.At Ryde, the Rev. Dunbar S.Halkett, to Julia-Elizabeth,dau.of the late Edward Dalhousie Ross, esq. of George-st. Westminster.--At Alresford, Hants, Major Samuel J. F. Nicoll, 30th Regt. son of Samuel Nicoll, esq. of Court Lodge, Sussex, to MaryAnn, only child of William Wilkinson, esq. of the above place.--At St. Mary's, Lambeth, the Rev. Henry Pelham Dawes, of Isleham, Cambridgesh. eldest son of the Rev. Henry John Dawes, of Gillingham, Kent, to EleanorAnne, third surviving dau. of the late Charles Fox, of the Grange, Bermondsey, and formerly of Bishop's Waltham, Hants, esq.-At St. Andrew's, Capt. George Charles D. Lewis, of the Royal Eng. to Eliza, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Griffith Richards, Rector of Farling. ton, Hants. At St. Mark's, Surbiton, Thomas Henry Smith, esq, surgeon, of John-st. Berkeley-sq. to Ellen, third dau. of William Underwood, esq. of Surbiton.At the British Embassy, Paris, the Right Hon. Lord Keane, to Louisa, second dau. of S. Y. Benyon, esq. of Denston Hall, near Newmarket. 14. At Southampton, Henry Newton Rew, esq. son of William Pell Rew, esq. of Finchley, to Mary-Ann, dau. of Major John Field Oldham, 8th Ri. Vet. Batt.-At Chiswick, William Byers Sealy, esq. M.D. of North Fulham, eldest son of Lieut.-Gen. Sealy, E.I.C.S., to MatildaAnn, youngest dau. of George Christopher, esq. of Chiswick. At Eglwysfach, Arthur Trew. man, B.A. of Queen's Coll. Cambridge, and only son of the late Major-Gen. Trewman, of the Madras Army, to Susan, dau. of George Jeffreys, esq. of Glandyfi Castle, Cardigansh. -At Chester-le-st. John Charlesworth Dodgson Charlesworth, of Woolgreaves, only son of John Charlesworth, esq. of Chapel Thorpe Hall, Yorksh. to Sarah, second dau. of Walker Featherstonhaugh, esq. of the Hermitage. 15. At East Budleigh, Devon, James Bastin, esq. of Tidwell Barton, to Sarah, fifth dau. of John Leatt, esq. of Kersbrook, near Budleigh Salterton. At Swindon, Hussey Vivian, esq. eldest son of John Henry Vivian, esq. M.P. for Swansea, to Jesse Dalrymple, eldest dau. of Ambrose Goddard, esq. of the Lawn, near Swindon. At Westbury-upon-Trym, co. Gloucester, the Rev. Henry Bunsen, eldest son of H. Exc. Chev. Bunsen, Prussian Minister at this Court, to Mary-Louisa, youngest dau. of A. G. Harford Battersby, esq. of Stoke Park, Glouc. At the Cathedral of Clonfert, the Rev. Richard Booth Eyre, Vicar of Eyre Court, to Honora-Louisa-Madeline, second dau. of the late Ven. Archdeacon Butson, of St. Brandon's, co. Galway.--At Fareham, the Rev. John W. Grane, M.A. Incumbent of Woodhouse, near Huddersfield, to Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. Wyndham Carlyon Madden, M.A. Vicar of Fareham.-At Bury, Hants, the Ven. Charles Carr Clerke, Archdeacon of Oxford, to Caroline, dau. of the late William Henry Ashhurst, esq. of Waterstock, Oxfordsh.At St. Pancras, Samuel Borlase, esq. of Castle Horneck, Cornwall, to Mary-Anne, dau. of the late William Copeland, esq. of Chigwell.At Southwick, Hants, Major Charles Dunsmure, 42d Royal Highlanders, to Laura, dau. of Thomas Thistlethwayte, esq. of Southwick Park.-At Leyton, Essex, Thomas Pemberton, esq. of Birmingham, to Eliza-Matilda Jepson, niece of the late Joseph Walker, esq. of the same place. At St. Mary's, Cheltenham, George William Parry, esq. of Llidiarde, Cardigansh. to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of James Hughes, esq. of Glan Rheidol, in the same county, and granddau. of Sir Thomas Bonsall, of Fronfraith. -At Kempstone, near Loughborough, the Rev. Henry James Cotton, to Elizabeth-Emma, only dau. of John Sparrow Stovin, esq.-At Redenhall Church, Norf. the Rev. Augustus M. Hopper, Rector of Starston, to Charlotte, youngest dau. of the late Rev. John Holmes, of Gawdy Hall.At Langley Burrell, Wilts, Charles Hall Clarke, esq. M.D. to ElizabethPenelope, second dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Clarke, of the 46th Reg.-At Chatham, Lieut. John Warburton, of the 60th King's Royal Rifles, to Martha, eldest dau. of Lieut. Mitchell, of the same corps.--At the Friends' Meeting House, Stoke Newington, John Barclay, of Fore-st. London, to Isabella, eldest dau. of the late John Robinson Waite. 17. At Blackburn, James Whigham, esq. Barrister-at-Law, of the Northern Circuit, to Emma, sister of H. Brock Hollinshead, esq. of Tockholes Fold.--At Astbury, near Congle Catholic Chapel, Chelsea, and afterwards at St. George's, Hanover-sq. William Greenwood, esq. of Brookwood, Hants, late Lieut.Col. of the Grenadier Guards, to CatherineCaroline, fifth dau. of the late Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, of Tichborne.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Charles George Barnett, esq. to Marianne-Jane, eldest dau. of Edward St. John Mildmay, esq. and granddau. of the late Sir Henry Mildmay, Bart.-At Staveley, W. H. Rawson, Jun. esq. of Halifax, to Ellen-Louisa, younger dau. of Amaziah Empson, esq. Spellow Hill, Yorksh.--At St. Mary's, Cheltenham, John, third son of the late Rev. Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart. of Bodiam, Sussex, to Katherine-Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Capt. Edmond C. Bacon, R.Ñ. nephew of the late Sir E. Bacon, Bart.--At Alverstoke, near Gosport, Lieut. George Barton Jeffreys, R.N. to Catherine-Mary-Anne, fourth dau. of the late Vice-Adm. James Katon. 23. At St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, Henry, third son of Thomas Kirkland Glazebrook, esq. of Egremont, Cheshire, to Amelia, second dau. of Thomas Forbes Walmisley, esq. of Westminster. 27. At Dilwyn, Herefordshire, William, younger son of John Dowding, esq. of Loughern House, Martley, Worcestersh. and of Montpellier-ter. Cheltenham, to Ann, third dau. of the late Joseph Stephens, esq. of Dilwyn.At Norwich, the Rev. William Bray, to Catharine, eldest dau. of Octavius Greene, esq.At Springfield, the Rev. Duncan Fraser, M.A. Incumbent of the Holy Trinity, Halstead, to Mary-Elizabeth, dau. of Charles George Parker, esq. of Springfield Place, Essex.-At Rugby, the Rev. H. W. Kemp, B.A. Curate of St. John's Church, Hull, to Ann-Maria, widow of the late Joseph Simons, esq. M.D. of the former place. At Exeter, George Hingeston, esq. of Lyme Regis, Dorset, to Eliza, third dau. of the Rev. Richard Adney. At Plymouth, George Hingston, esq. to Charlotte, dau. of the late James Forster, esq. both of Plymouth.-At Hythe, the Rev. John Innes, Vicar of Downe, to Eliza-Mary, dau. of the late John Laidlaw, esq. President of Council in the Island of Dominica.At St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. William Lake, of Chalk, near Gravesend, to Margaret, third dau. of the late James Wilson, esq. of Highbury-ter. Islington. At St. Alphage, Greenwich, Henry Walter Wilson, of the Inner Temple, esq. to Kate-Foster, only dau. of the late Capt. John Filmore, R.N. 28. At St. Pancras, Euston-sq. James Richardson, esq. of Regent's Park-ter. to Elizabeth, only dau. of the late Jolin Nichol, esq. and niece of Sir John Pirie, Bart. of Champion Hill. At Tottenham, William Tucker, esq. of Lawrence-lane, to Amelia-Bates, of Coleraine House, Stamford Hill, niece of the late Samuel Argill, esq. of West Ham Abbey.At Cottered, Herts, the Rev. Thomas Harrison Bullock, Fellow of King's college, Cambridge, and Chaplain of Guy's Hospital, to Frances, dau. of the Rev. John Walker, Rector of Cottered. At Auldbar, the seat of P. Chalmers, esq. Forfarshire, North Britain, Robert Spankie, esq. of the Bengal Civil Service, to MaryStewart-Blakely, eldest dau. of the Very Rev. the Dean of Down.-At Edinburgh, Archibald Smith, esq. Advocate, Sheriff Substitute of Lanarksh. to Jannett, youngest dau. of the late William Blackwood, esq. Publisher. 29. At St. Marylebone, Thomas Henry Ambrose, esq. of Manchester-sq. and Copford, Essex, to Emma-Fosbury-Ann, eldest dau. of the late Charles Thomas Hitchcock, esq. of Albemarle-st. and Fulham. At Meole Brace, Salop, W. O. Markham, esq. M.D. Kensington Garden-ter. Hyde Park, to Eliza-Emma, third dau. of J. W. Smith, esq. Radbrooke, Salop. At Milverton, near Leamington, Edward Vernon, esq. of Severn Bank, Worcestersh. to Etheldred, second dau. of the late Sir James Duberly, of Gaines Hall, Huntingdonsh. At Ewell, the Rev. John N. Harrison, Vicar of Reigate, to Margarette-Ann, eldest dau. of Joseph Ward, esq. Hill House, Epsom.-At St. Mary's, Islington, William King, esq. of Hamlet House, Hammersmith, to Mildred, dau. of the late Thomas Stephens, esq. of Highbury-pl. Islington.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. James George Curry Fussell, B.A. of the Chantry, Frome, to JanetJemima, fourth dau. of the late Major-Gen. Sir John Dalrymple, Bart. of North Berwick, Haddingtonsh. N. B.-At Bath, the Rev. John Cooke, of Balliol college, Oxford, to EllenDurham, dau. of the late Sir Joseph Huddart, of Brynkir, Caernarvonsh. and of Norfolkcrescent, Bath.-At Knole, Kent, the Marquess of Salisbury, to the Lady Mary-CatharineSackville West, second dau. of the Earl and Countess De La Warr.At Streatham, the Rev. John Finley, M.A. Vicar of Studley, Warwicksh. and Chaplain to the Earl of Gainsborough, to Maria, youngest dau. of Stephen Wilson, esq. of Streatham, Surrey, and of Bexhill, Sussex.-At Frensham, near Farnham, Thomas Jenkyns, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Heathcote, of Shaw Hill, Wilts, to Mary-Catherine, eldest dau. of George Austin Moultrie, esq. of Aston Hall, Shropsh.- At Exeter, the Rev. Noel Lowe, Vicar of Colaton Rawleigh, Devon, to Louisa-Julia, dau. of the Ven. Archdeacon Stevens. At Kensington, Vesey Leslie Foster, esq. of Bathsecar, co. Louth, and of Moyvane, co. Kerry, to Sarah-Anne, only child of the late Henry Quilter, esq. of Monken Hadley, Middlesex.-At St.George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. Robert Augustus Gordon, Rector of Avington, Berks, to ElizabethFrances, eldest dau. of the late Philip Yorke Lindsay, esq. and granddau. of the late Bishop of Kildare.At the British Embassy, Brussels, Randolph Routh, esq. to Mary-Stewart, eldest daughter of Capt. Allan Stewart, late of her Majesty's 3rd Regt. Buffs.--At Hillingdon, the Rev. C. F. Wyatt, Rector of Broughton, Oxfordsh. to Maria-Frederica, youngest dau. of the late William Walford, esq. of Banbury.--At St. Anne's, Kew Green, Capt. the Hon. George Hope, R.Ñ. son of the late Lieut.-Gen. John Earl of Hopetoun, to the Hon. Anne Carmichael Napier, fourth dau. of the late William John Lord Napier, and Maid of Honour to the Queen. 30. At Brighton, Paul J. Fearon, esq. of London, to Ann, eldest dau. of the Rev. J. P. Malleson. May 1. At St. Pancras New Church, Thomas Alexander, second son of Capt. T. Montgomery, R.N. to Elizabeth-Beaumont, youngest dau. of William James, esq. of Kentish Town. 3. At Venice, Lieut.-Col. Poulett Cameron, C.B. only surviving son of the late Capt. Cameron, R.N. to Louisa-Agnes-Alava, youngest dau, of the late Col. Sir Thomas Soull, ConsulGen. of her Britannic Majesty to the Lombardo Austrian Kingdom of Italy.At All Souls' Church, Langham-pl. the Marquess of Sligo, to the Hon. Ellen-Sydney Smythe, dau. of Viscount Strangford. 4. At Bristol, James, eldest son of the late Lieut.-Col. Cookson, 80th Regt. and of Neasham Hall, Durham, to Sybella, youngest dau. of the late Thomas Tyndall, esq. of the Fort, near Bristol.--At Wyton, the Rev. Hanworth E. Rackham, Vicar of Witchford, Isle of Ely, to Eleanor-Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. Edward M. Peck, Rector of Wyton, Hunts. OBITUARY. THE DUKE of Argyll. April 26. At Inverary Castle, co. Argyll, in his 70th year, the Most Noble John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, seventh Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorn, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenila, Lord Inverary, Mull, Morvern and Tiry (1701); sixteenth Earl of Argyll (1457), and Lord of Lorn (1470); seventeenth Lord Campbell (1445),-all dignities in the peerage of Scotland; third Baron Sundridge of Coombank in Kent (1766), and Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, co. Leicester (1776), in the peerage of Great Britain; Heritable Master of the Queen's Household, Keeper of the Great Seal, and official Custodian of the Regalia of Scotland; Keeper of Dunstaffnage and Carrick Castles; Colonel of the Argyll and Bute Militia; a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, &c. &c. His Grace was born on the 21st Dec. 1777, the third son of John fifth Duke of Argyll, by Elizabeth dowager Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon (created Baroness Hamilton in 1776), second daughter of John Gunning, esq. of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon. He was thus brother to two Dukes, Douglas Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who died without issue in 1799; and George-William Duke of Argyll, to whose dignities he succeeded. Lord John Campbell served for some time as an officer in his father's regiment, the 3rd Foot Guards, and served in Holland under the Duke of York and Sir Ralph Abercromby. He was afterwards appointed Colonel of the Argyll and Bute regiment of militia. He was elected to Parliament for the county of Argyll, on the resignation of his uncle Lord Frederick Campbell, in 1799, and rechosen at the subsequent general elections until 1820, when he retired, and chiefly resided at Ardencapel Castle, his seat in Dumbartonshire, until, by the death of his brother George-William the sixth Duke, he succeeded to the dignities of the Peerage, on the 21st Oct. 1839. He was appointed Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland in Sept. 1841. His Grace took an active part in endeavouring to arrest the impending disruption in the Church of Scotland, and proposed a Bill for legalising the veto law. Although the propriety of such a course may be doubted by many, the attempt was worthy of the descendant of those who had contributed so essentially GENT. MAG, VOL. XXVIII. to its establishment. In private life his Grace was distinguished by the warmest and most generous feelings, united to the highest sense of honour. He was attached to scientific pursuits, and was well acquainted with the principles of chemistry and mechanics. His Grace married first, August 3, 1803, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Campbell, of Fairfield, co. Ayr, and by that lady, who died Dec. 1818, he had no issue. He married secondly, April 17, 1820, Joan, only daughter and heir of John Glassel, esq. of Long Niddrey, East Lothian; she died Jan. 22, 1828, leaving issue two sons and two daughters: 1. John-Henry, who died in 1837, aged sixteen; 2. the Most Noble GeorgeDouglas now Duke of Argyll; 3. Lady Emma-Augusta; and 4. Elizabeth, who died an infant, soon after her mother. His Grace married thirdly, Jan. 10, 1831, Anne-Colhoun, eldest daughter of the late John Cuningham, esq. of Craig Ends; who survives him. The present Duke was born in 1823; he married in 1844, Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, eldest daughter of the Duke of Sutherland; and has issue John-Douglas-Sutherland now Marquess of Lorn, born in 1845. EARL OF BESSBOROUGH. May 16. At Dublin Castle, in his 66th year, His Excellency the Right Hon. John William Ponsonby, fourth Earl of Bessborough (1739), Viscount Duncannon (1723), and Baron of Bessborough (1721); Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, co. Leic. (1749); and Baron Duncannon, of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny (1834); Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Kilkenny; a Commissioner for Ecclesiastical Affairs in England, and of the Metropolitan Roads, &c. &c. His lordship, who until the last three years of his life was known as Lord Duncannon, was born August 31, 1781, the eldest son of Frederick third Earl of Bessborough, by Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, second daughter of John first Earl Spencer. He was a member of Christ Church, Oxford, where he was created M.A. June 23, 1802. In 1805 he was returned to Parliament for Knaresborough, by the introduction of the Duke of Devonshire; in 1806 and 1807 he was returned for Higham Ferrers through the interest of Earl Fitzwilliam, and fro M |